Street Without Joy
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Street Without Joy

The French Debacle in Indochina

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eBook - ePub

Street Without Joy

The French Debacle in Indochina

About this book

First published in 1961 by Stackpole Books, Street without Joy is a classic of military history. Journalist and scholar Bernard Fall vividly captured the sights, sounds, and smells of the brutal— and politically complicated—conflict between the French and the Communist-led Vietnamese nationalists in Indochina. The French fought to the bitter end, but even with the lethal advantages of a modern military, they could not stave off the Viet Minh insurgency of hit-and-run tactics, ambushes, booby traps, and nighttime raids. The final French defeat came at Dien Bien Phu in 1954, setting the stage for American involvement and a far bloodier chapter in Vietnam's history. Fall combined graphic reporting with deep scholarly knowledge of Vietnam and its colonial history in a book memorable in its descriptions of jungle fighting and insightful in its arguments. After more than a half a century in print, Street without Joy remains required reading.

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Table of contents

  1. Foreword to 2018 Edition
  2. Introduction
  3. Foreword
  4. Author’s Preface
  5. 1. How War Came
  6. 2. Set-Piece Battle—I
  7. 3. Set-Piece Battle—II
  8. 4. Diary: Milk Run
  9. 5. Laos Outpost
  10. 6. Diary: The Women
  11. 7. ā€œStreet Without Joyā€
  12. 8. Diary: Inspection Tour
  13. 9. End of a Task Force
  14. 10. Diary: The Men
  15. 11. Death March
  16. 12. Why Dien Bien Phu?
  17. 13. The Loss of Laos
  18. 14. The Second Indochina War
  19. 15. The Future of Revolutionary War
  20. Appendix I. Glossary of Abbreviations
  21. Appendix II. Comparison Between French and U.S. Losses
  22. Appendix III. Report on Viet-Nam
  23. Appendix IV. A Military Bibliography of Indochina