Giap: The General Who Defeated America in Vietnam: The General Who Defeated America in Vietnam - Hardcover

Warren, James A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0230107125 ISBN 13: 9780230107120

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 2013

Synopsis

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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About the Author

James A. Warren is the author of a highly acclaimed history of the U.S. Marines from Iwo Jima to Iraq, American Spartans, and Portrait of a Tragedy: America and the Vietnam War. A contributor to MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, he lives in Narragansett, Rhode Island.

Edition details

• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230107125
• ISBN 13: 9780230107120
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 234