Overview
Dien Bien Phu is the definitive account of the great, climactic battle in French Indochina that led to the American commitment to Vietnam. Defense analyst Howard R. Simpson was an eyewitness.
Full Product Details
Author: Howard R. Simpson
Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
Imprint: Potomac Books Inc
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 12.70cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.172kg
ISBN: 9781574888409
ISBN 10: 1574888404
Pages: 238
Publication Date: 01 April 2005
Recommended Age: From 13 years
Audience:
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Exceptionally well-written, accurate, and readable. --Army --Army (06/02/2017) Fascinating. . . . Simpson's prose [is] as gripping as any CNN closeup. --Foreign Service Journal -- (06/02/2017) Captivating . . . . High recommended. --Library Journal -- (06/02/2017) Simpson has written a military classic based on newly released documents, interviews with survivors, and his own vivid and compassionate recollections. --Publishers Weekly --Publishers Weekly (06/02/2017) Superb. --Military Review --Military Review (06/02/2017) [The battle of Dien Bien Phu] ranks with Agincourt, Waterloo, and Gettysburg as one of the great military engagements of history . . . . No American is better qualified to tell the tale of Dien Bien Phu and its significance than Howard Simpson. --Stanley Karnow, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of Vietnam: A History -- (06/02/2017)
A military classic. -Publishers Weekly
As gripping as any CNN close-up.
[The battle of Dien Bien Phu] ranks with Agincourt, Waterloo, and Gettysburg as one of the great military engagements of history . . . . No American is better qualified to tell the tale of Dien Bien Phu and its significance than Howard Simpson. --Stanley Karnow, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of Vietnam: A History --Stanley Karnow (6/2/2017 12:00:00 AM) Superb. --Military Review -- Military Review (6/2/2017 12:00:00 AM) Simpson has written a military classic based on newly released documents, interviews with survivors, and his own vivid and compassionate recollections. --Publishers Weekly -- Publishers Weekly (6/2/2017 12:00:00 AM) Fascinating. . . . Simpson's prose [is] as gripping as any CNN closeup. --Foreign Service Journal -- Foreign Service Journal (6/2/2017 12:00:00 AM) Exceptionally well-written, accurate, and readable. --Army -- Army (6/2/2017 12:00:00 AM) Captivating . . . . High recommended. --Library Journal -- Library Journal Review (6/2/2017 12:00:00 AM)
A military classic. -- Publishers Weekly No American is better qualified to tell the tale of Dien Bien Phu. -- Stanley Karnow, author of Vietnam: A History Captivating . . . Highly recommended. -- Library Journal Exceptionally well-written, accurate, and readable. -- Infantry [Simpson] has written another classic. -- Army As gripping as any CNN close-up. -- Foreign Service Journal A military classic. -Publishers Weekly A military classic. No American is better qualified to tell the tale of Dien Bien Phu. Captivating . . . Highly recommended. Exceptionally well-written, accurate, and readable. [Simpson] has written another classic. As gripping as any CNN close-up. [The battle of Dien Bien Phu] ranks with Agincourt, Waterloo, and Gettysburg as one of the great military engagements of history . . . . No American is better qualified to tell the tale of Dien Bien Phu and its significance than Howard Simpson. --Stanley Karnow, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of Vietnam: A History --Stanley Karnow (06/02/2017)
[The battle of Dien Bien Phu] ranks with Agincourt, Waterloo, and Gettysburg as one of the great military engagements of history . . . . No American is better qualified to tell the tale of Dien Bien Phu and its significance than Howard Simpson. --Stanley Karnow, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of Vietnam: A History -- (6/2/2017 12:00:00 AM) Captivating . . . . High recommended. --Library Journal -- (6/2/2017 12:00:00 AM) Exceptionally well-written, accurate, and readable. --Army -- (6/2/2017 12:00:00 AM) Fascinating. . . . Simpson's prose [is] as gripping as any CNN closeup. --Foreign Service Journal -- (6/2/2017 12:00:00 AM) Simpson has written a military classic based on newly released documents, interviews with survivors, and his own vivid and compassionate recollections. --Publishers Weekly -- (6/2/2017 12:00:00 AM) Superb. --Military Review -- (6/2/2017 12:00:00 AM)
[The battle of Dien Bien Phu] ranks with Agincourt, Waterloo, and Gettysburg as one of the great military engagements of history . . . . No American is better qualified to tell the tale of Dien Bien Phu and its significance than Howard Simpson. --Stanley Karnow, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of Vietnam: A History --Stanley Karnow (06/02/2017)
Superb. --Military Review --Military Review (06/02/2017) Simpson has written a military classic based on newly released documents, interviews with survivors, and his own vivid and compassionate recollections. --Publishers Weekly --Publishers Weekly (06/02/2017) Fascinating. . . . Simpson's prose [is] as gripping as any CNN closeup. --Foreign Service Journal -- (06/02/2017) Exceptionally well-written, accurate, and readable. --Army --Army (06/02/2017) Captivating . . . . High recommended. --Library Journal -- (06/02/2017) [The battle of Dien Bien Phu] ranks with Agincourt, Waterloo, and Gettysburg as one of the great military engagements of history . . . . No American is better qualified to tell the tale of Dien Bien Phu and its significance than Howard Simpson. --Stanley Karnow, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of Vietnam: A History -- (06/02/2017)
"""[The battle of Dien Bien Phu] ranks with Agincourt, Waterloo, and Gettysburg as one of the great military engagements of history . . . . No American is better qualified to tell the tale of Dien Bien Phu and its significance than Howard Simpson.""--Stanley Karnow, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of Vietnam: A History -- (6/2/2017 12:00:00 AM) ""Captivating . . . . High recommended.""--Library Journal -- (6/2/2017 12:00:00 AM) ""Exceptionally well-written, accurate, and readable.""--Army -- (6/2/2017 12:00:00 AM) ""Fascinating. . . . Simpson's prose [is] as gripping as any CNN closeup.""--Foreign Service Journal -- (6/2/2017 12:00:00 AM) ""Simpson has written a military classic based on newly released documents, interviews with survivors, and his own vivid and compassionate recollections.""--Publishers Weekly -- (6/2/2017 12:00:00 AM) ""Superb.""--Military Review -- (6/2/2017 12:00:00 AM)"
Author Information
The late Foreign Service officer, defense analyst, and novelist Howard R. Simpson covered the Franco-Viet Minh War for the U.S. Information Agency. Among his other books were Someone Else's War (Brassey's, Inc., 1995), The Paratroopers of the French Foreign Legion (Brassey's, Inc., 1997), and Bush Hat, Black Tie (Brassey's, Inc., 1999).
