STREET WITHOUT JOY: The French Debacle in Indochina by B. Fall 1994 PB REPRINT

Description: STREET WITHOUT JOY: The French Debacle in Indochina by Bernard B. Fall. GOOD++ 4th Printing paperback reprint, 1994. The all-time classic of the French-Indochina War as originally published in 1961, before the United States escalated its involvement in South Vietnam. Offered at the time a clear warning about what American forces would face in the jungles of Southeast Asia: a costly and protracted revolutionary war fought without fronts against a mobile enemy. In harrowing detail, war-correspondent Fall describes the brutality and frustrations of the Indochina War, the savage 8-year conflict-ending in 1954 after the fall of Dien Bien Phu, in which French forces suffered a staggering defeat at the hands of Communist-led Vietnamese nationalists. With its frontline perspective, vivid reporting, and careful analysis, this narrative was required reading for policymakers in Washington and GIs in the field. While continuing to report on America's involvement in South Vietnam, the author, while accompanying a unit of 1/9 Marines on Operation Chinook II in 1967 was killed by a Bouncing Betty landmine. GOOD++ 4th Printing 1994 paperback reprint, appearing unread with pages and edges clean and unmarked with minor warping from water damage. No damage shown to pages. Binding tight with spine not creased. Cover shows corner bumps with edge damage at front bottom near spine and minor warping as well with a crease across the front bottom right corner as scanned. Light scuffing. Not a remainder. Without the warping, book would grade as VERY GOOD++. 6" x 9." Maps, vintage photos, charts, diagrams, appendices, and text. Appendices include Glossary of Abbreviations, Comparison Between French and US Losses, and Report on Vietnam. 408 pgs.

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