Chronicles the battle of Dien Bien Phu, enacted by the French against the Vietnamese which resulted in France's loss and departure from Indo-China.
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 ba…
Chronicles the battle of Dien Bien Phu, enacted by the French against the Vietnamese which resulted in France's loss and departure from Indo-China.
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 ba…