Название: Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien PhuАвтор: Bernard B. Fall, Robertson Dean
Издательство: Da Capo Press
Год: 2002
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 463
Размер: 14,21 Мб
Язык: английский
From the acclaimed scholar and reporter, a thorough and revealing account of the historic turning point in Vietnam's long struggle--the 1954 battle for Dien Bien Phu Like Gettysburg, Stalingrad, Midway, and Tet, the battle at Dien Bien Phu--a strategic attack launched by France against the Vietnamese in 1954 after eight long years of war--marked a historic turning point. By the end of the 56-day siege, a determined Viet Minh guerrilla force had destroyed a large, tactical French colonial army in the heart of Southeast Asia.