Hell In A Very Small Place: The Siege Of Dien Bien Phu

by Bernard B. Fall Narrated by Robertson Dean

Overview

Like Gettysburg, Stalingrad, Midway, and Tet, the battle at Dien Bien Phu-a strategic attack launched by France against the Vietnamese in 1954 after eight long years of war-marked a historic turning point. By the end of the fifty-six-day siege, a determined Viet Minh guerrilla force had destroyed a large, tactical French colonial army in the heart of Southeast Asia. The Vietnamese victory would not only end French occupation of Indochina and offer a sobering premonition of the U.S.'s future military defeat in the region, but would also provide a new model of modern warfare in which size and sophistication didn't always dictate victory.



Before his death in Vietnam in 1967, Bernard Fall, a critically acclaimed scholar and reporter, drew upon declassified documents from the French Defense Ministry and interviews with thousands of surviving French and Vietnamese soldiers to weave a compelling account of the key battle of Dien Bien Phu. With Fall's thorough and insightful analysis, Hell in a Very Small Place has become one of the benchmarks in war reportage.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"A thorough account of a brave, sanguinary battle that has since turned out to have immense historic importance." ---The New Yorker

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"A thorough account of a brave, sanguinary battle that has since turned out to have immense historic importance." —The New Yorker

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170442409
Publisher:	Tantor Audio
Publication date:	09/06/2016
Edition description:	Unabridged

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