The French War: World War II to the
Geneva Accords
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| Fall, Bernard. Hell in a Very Small Place : The Seige of Dien
Bien Phu. Philadelphia: J.J. Lippincott Company, 1967;
reprint, New York: Da Capo, 1988. Compelling account of the climatic battle of the First Indochina War, the long and deadly siege of the French stronghold at Dien Bien Phu by the Viet Minh. |
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| Fall, Bernard. Street Without Joy. With an Introduction
by George C. Herring and a Foreword by Marshall Andrews.
Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole, 1961; reprint, Mechanicsburg, PA:
Stackpole Books, 1994. *CORE* Reprint by the original publisher of the classic account of the First Indochina War against the French. This edition contains a new introduction by George Herring. The title is derived from the nickname for Highway 1 which runs north-south the length of Vietnam along the coastal plain. |
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| Gardner, Lloyd. Approaching Vietnam: From WWII to Dienbienphu.
New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 1988. Diplomatic history covering the period from 1941 to 1954. |
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| Marr, David G. Vietnam 1945 : The Quest For Power.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995. *CORE* A key study by one of the top writers in English about the pivotal period at the end of the Second World War and the struggle for political ascendancy. |
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| Patti, Archimedes. Why Vietnam : Prelude to America's
Albatross. Berkeley: University of California Press,
1980. *CORE* Patti served as the head of the Office of Strategic Services French Indochina mission during WWII. His account deals with the US - Viet Minh cooperation during the war against the Japanese, the relationships with the KMT, and the aftermath of the change in US policies under Truman with regard to Vietnam. |
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| Rotter, Andrew J. The Path to Vietnam : Origins of the American Commitment to Southeast Asia. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1987. |
