Dien Bien Phu - The End of France in Southeast Asia
T
he great Siege of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 sealed the end for France in Southeast Asia. Bernard Fall's, "Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu", is a vivid, informative, fascinating account of the violent clash between 2 great cultures that laid out the course of the Vietnam War.
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Hell in a Very Small Place: The Seige of Dien Bien Phu:
by Bernard Fall (1966 - 528 pp)
Mesmerizing account of France's stunning 1954 final defeat by Gen Giap and the Viet-Minh at Dien Bien Phu and the loss of "The Jewel of Asia". Great maps.