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Street Without Joy: The French Debacle in Indochina

by Bernard B. Fall · 1961 · 416 pages

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This classic account of the French War in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia is back in hardcover. Includes an introduction by George C. Herring.

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Subject
history
Genre
war and military
Themes
military historyjournalists
Setting
20th centurycold warindochinavietnamasia
Audience
adult
Length
long · 416 pages

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