Hell in a Very Small Place; The Siege of Dien Bien Phu
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1967. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. xii, [8], 515, [1] pages. Front endpaper map. Rear endpaper photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Appendices [including The Order of Battle, The Role of Airpower, and French Military Abbreviations]. Bibliography. Index. DJ has some wear, soiling, tears and chips. This is one of the Great Battles in History series. DJ has wear, soiling, edge tears and chips. Bernard B. Fall (November 19, 1926 – February 21, 1967) was a prominent war correspondent, historian, political scientist, and expert on Indochina during the 1950s and 1960s. He started fighting for the French Resistance at the age of sixteen, and later the French Army during World War II. In 1950 he first came to the United States for graduate studies at Syracuse University and Johns Hopkins University. He taught at Howard University for most of his career and made regular trips to Southeast Asia to learn about changes and the societies. He predicted the failures of France and the United States in the wars in Vietnam because of their tactics and lack of understanding of the societies. He was killed by a landmine while accompanying United States Marines on a patrol in 1967. More