
Hell in a Very Small Place
The Siege of Dien Bien Phu
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Narrated by:
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Robertson Dean
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By:
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Bernard B. Fall
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. The Vietnamese victory would not only end French occupation of Indochina and offer a sobering premonition of the US' future military defeat in the region but would also provide a new model of modern warfare in which size and sophistication didn't always dictate victory.
Before his death in Vietnam in 1967, Bernard Fall, a critically acclaimed scholar and reporter, drew upon declassified documents from the French Defense Ministry and interviews with thousands of surviving French and Vietnamese soldiers to weave a compelling account of the key battle of Dien Bien Phu. With Fall's thorough and insightful analysis, Hell in a Very Small Place has become one of the benchmarks in war reportage.
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One of the best books I have read of human conflict
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Great book easy listening
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The narration is good.
You learn more about the prelude to the battle which is important to the battle, I never heard of it before so it was very nice. You go through day by day of the battle at a nice pace.
Go slow and do return to chapters or sections you didn’t understand, I love this book and the audio was helpful as I went to and from work.
If you want to learn about the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, this the book.
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Great book about Dien Bien Phu
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Exciting and Instructive
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Liked it
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An epic battle- the fight to retain an empire
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A lesson in heroism and stupidity.
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Excellent book
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Tedious
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