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(0)Bernard B Fall
Author
Series
Publisher
Lippincott
Pub. Date
1967 [©1966]
Language
English
Description
The 1954 battle of Dien Bien Phu ranks with Stalingrad and Tet for what it ended (imperial ambitions), what it foretold (American involvement), and what it symbolized: A guerrilla force of Viet Minh destroyed a technologically superior French army, convincing the Viet Minh that similar tactics might prevail in battle with the U.S.