Vietnam's four-star General Giap led his country's armies from their inception in the 1940s to the moment of their triumph in Saigon in 1975. Among the finest military minds of this century, Giap employed strategies meant not merely to defeat his enemies but to achieve their psychological surrender. Here former British diplomat John Colvin offers a fascianting portrait of this celebrated military genius.
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Vietnam's four-star General Giap led his country's armies from their inception in the 1940s to the moment of their triumph in Saigon in 1975. Among the finest military minds of this century, Giap employed strategies meant not merely to defeat his enemies but to achieve their psychological surrender. Here former British diplomat John Colvin offers a fascianting portrait of this celebrated military genius.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1569470537. 8vo; cloth in dust jacket. Vietnam's celebrated General Giap, victor at Dien Bien Phu, and mastermind of the Tet Offensive.
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Good, ex-lib., good. 24 cm, 336, maps, usual library markings. The North Vietnamese commander who defeated the Japanese, French, and American forces in Vietnam.
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Good, very good. 336, maps, select bibliography, index, some underlining and ink notations to text. This is an important and impressive biography of Vietnam's celebrated General Giap, victor at Dien Bien Phu and strategist most responsible for the Tet Offensive. Giap employed strategies meant not merely to defeat his enemies but also to achieve their psychological surrender. Victorious in battles against, successively, the Japanese, the French, and the Americans, Giap became North Vietnam's Minister for Defense and Commander in Chief. Heworked with Ho Chi Minh to create the armies and the support for these under-equipped forces that would eventually triumph over the might of the West.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 1st Printing. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xii + 336pp., b/w pls., maps, appends., bibliog., index, Excellent Military biography of Vo Nguyen Giap.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 336pp/maps. Vo Nguyen Giap is one of the great military commanders of the Twentieth Century. Victorious in battles against, successively, the Japanese, the French and the Americans, Giap became North Vietnam's Minister for Defence and Commander in Chief. He worked with Ho Chi Minh to create the armies and the support for these under equipped forces that would eventually triumph over the might of the West. Japanese occupation lasted from 1941-45, during which time Ho Chi Minh's Revolutionary League for Independent Vietnam became the most powerful force in the country. Despite pressure for independence the victorious Allies (of World War II) restored French control, thus beginning 30 years of war in Vietnam. John Colvin's biography describes the extraordinary single-mindedness with which Giap pursued victory. Clean.