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Street Without Joy: The French Debacle in Indochina | 
 enlarge | Author: Bernard B. Fall
Publisher: Leo Cooper Ltd
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 97119
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.9 x 1.3
ISBN: 1844153185
EAN: 9781844153183
ASIN: 1844153185
Publication Date: October 20, 2005
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 Detailed account of the end of French colonialism in Indochina July 23, 2007
Houston
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is best and most detailed account of the Vietnamese struggle for independence prior to the arrival of significant numbers of US advisors and soldiers in the early 60s. Fall describes the bitter and bloody conflict with the French following the defeat of the Japanese in 1945 and the attempted restoration of colonial rule, almost entirely bankrolled by the USA. The coverage does not include anything other than a passing reference the siege of Dien Bien Phu, as this is the subject of separate title by the same author, 'Hell in a Very Small Place'.
The book is very readable and is particularly interesting because it was written soon after the events by a journalist with an intimate knowledge of the country / conflict (Fall was killed in Vietnam in 1967 by a landmine). 'Street Without Joy' also has the added lure of having been widely read by the US advisors, counter-insurgency experts etc and journalists involved in the ensuing American escapade.
 A "farewell "note to european influence in SE Asia? March 24, 2005
Mr Andrew J Walley (Twickenham, Middlesex United Kingdom)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Fall's books are brilliant.They were written close to the events that they described ,using french official military sources ,and sum up the futility of the war which unecessarily erased France from the map of SE Asia nd caused millions to be killed and displaced before the American War even started.You can see the Americans attempted to learn some lessons from the french experience,like the need for mobility and airpower. There is no better witness to these events than Fall, certainly not Anglo/American. Giap's memoirs, although comprehensive are too dull to read.
One of the finest accounts ever written of the Vietnam War December 11, 2000
simonen@enefer11.freeserve.co.uk (London England)
19 out of 21 found this review helpful
Fall provides an insight in how the french fought a brave, but ultimately futile campaign against the VC in Indo-China. The narrative of the war is combined deftly with insights on the human side of this bloody conflict. For instance "The Death of a Task Force" or a French Major visiting the grave of his wife for the last time. This will be a disturbing, but enlighten book for anyone who fought in the war as Fall's pasionately explains why the Americans will lose the war as they refuse to learn the lessons from France's failure. This is even more telling as the book was written well before the Tet offensive and the American withdrawal (How many lives would have been saved if Johnson, Nixon or Kissinger had had a copy ?)Fall's other well known book "Hell in a Very Small Place" covers the in graphic detail events leading up to and the siege of Dien Bien Phu (The Khe Shan that never was for the American's) I highly recommend both books !
A sobering analysis of the Indochina war October 15, 1998
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
I wish I had read this book before going to Vietnam. I would have benefited from Fall's insight into the Vietnamese, the war, and "The Street Without Joy" where I earned a Bronze Star with "V." No wonder the punji pit I stepped into looked so old!
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