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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Lovely example of this book. Hardcover. English. See images for condition.

About the book >.>.> The defeat of the French armed forces at Dien- bienphu in the spring of 1954 at the hands of an enemy that was not even considered an equal was a shattering event that affected and in- directly continues to affect-not only France but the entire Western world. Jules Roy has made a meticulous study of the origins and course of the battle and the political issues surrounding it and his book based on massive research and intensive inter- viewing of the leading personalities on both sides as well as junior officers and N.C.O.’s re- veals how and why the Vietminh managed to defeat the flower of the French army. He ex- poses the rift between Paris and the local com- manders revealing for the first time that General Navarre the Commander-in-Chief of French Indo-China was sent out in May 1953 with general orders to seek an honourable negotiated end to the war and the fierce con- troversy between the commanders on the spot. He treats the events chronologically explaining international events affecting the battle and estimating the extent to which the Vietminh relied on Chinese help the French on American. (SP)