April 12, 2024
1995 INDOCHINA WAR MILITARY Easton Press Leather LAOS VIET MINH VIETNAM CAMBODIA
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STREET WITHOUT JOY, by Bernard Fall. Published in 1995 by Easton Press, Collector's edition, bound in full leather. Study of the French military operations in Indochina from 1946 to 1954. The French were not able to understand their enemy, led by Ho Chi Minh, a precursor of what happened to America during the Vietnam War, and were unprepared for the battle conditions with which they were confronted - expecting more of a classic warfare strategy. Contents: foreword by Marshall Andrews, author's preface, how war came, set-piece battle 1, set piece battle 2, diary: milk run, Laos outpost, diary: the women, street without joy, diary: inspection tour, end of a task farce, diary: the men, death march, curtain on tragedy. Appendices include: glossary of abbreviations, comparison between French and US losses, a military bibliography of Indochina. With dozens of maps, illustrations and photographs, including a two-page map of Indochina at the back, a frontispiece illustration , an 8-page section of black and white photographs, plus many other illustrations within the text. Bound in full leather with 22k gold decorations -- the cover has a gilt illustration of a scene of soldiers within a bamboo forest , titles and smaller illustrations in gilt on the spine, silk moire endpapers, attached ribbon bookmark. 5 raised bands on the spine. 323 pages
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