Giap: The General Who Defeated America in Vietnam - Rilegato

Warren, James A.

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ISBN 10: 0230107125 ISBN 13: 9780230107120

Casa editrice: St Martins Pr, 2013

Riassunto

General Vo Nguyen Giap was the commander in chief of the communist armed forces during two of his country's most difficult conflicts—the first against Vietnam's colonial masters, the French, and the second against the most powerful nation on earth, the United States. After long and bloody conflicts, he defeated both Western powers and their Vietnamese allies, forever changing modern warfare. In Giap, military historian James A. Warren dives deep into the conflict to bring to life a revolutionary general and reveal the groundbreaking strategies that defeated world powers against incredible odds. Synthesizing ideas and tactics from an extraordinary range of sources, Giap was one of the first to realize that war is more than a series of battles between two armies and that victory can be won through the strength of a society's social fabric. As America's wars in the Middle East rage on, this is an important and timely look at a man who was a master at defeating his enemies even as they thought they were winning.

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Informazioni sull?autore

James A. Warren is a military historian and writer specializing in modern American military history. He has written books on the Vietnam War and the Cold War and contributed the chapter on the Vietnam War to The Atlas of American Military History. His reviews and articles have appeared in MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, as well as in Society and The Providence Journal. He lives in Providence, R.I.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: St Martins Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0230107125
• ISBN 13: 9780230107120
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 234
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile