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Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc Street Without Joy by Bernard B. Fall
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.