Street Without Joy: The French Debacle In Indochina (2005) By Bernard B. Fall
 
Stackpole Military History Series- Real Battles. Real Soldiers. Real Stories.
 
Rare memoir of a risky job performed by relatively few troops.
 
The honest and observant narrative describes the good, bad, and ugly of the war.
 
In this classic account of the French war in Indochina, Bernard B. Fall vividly captures the sights, sounds, and smells of the savage eight-year conflict in the jungles and mountains of Southeast Asia from 1946 to 1954. The French fought well to the last, but even with the lethal advantages of airpower, they could not stave off the Communist-led Vietnamese nationalists, who countered with a hit-and-run campaign of ambushes, booby traps, and nighttime raids. Defeat came at Dien Bien Phu in 1954, setting the stage for American involvement and opening another tragic chapter in Vietnam's history.
 
Soft Cover
408 pages
In Good Condition