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Hell In A Very Small Place

by Bernard Fall

Hell In A Very Small Place
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18th April 2002

Price: £16.99

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Humanities / History

Selected:  Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780306811579

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The 1954 battle of Dien Bien Phu ranks with Stalingrad and Tet for what it ended (imperial ambitions), what it foretold (American involvement), and what it symbolized: A guerrilla force of Viet Minh destroyed a technologically superior French army, convincing the Viet Minh that similar tactics might prevail in battle with the U.S.