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Street Without Joy: The French Debacle in Indochina (Stackpole Military History Series) Paperback – June 10, 2005

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Reprint of an all-time classic on the Vietnam War

Originally published in 1961, before the United States escalated its involvement in South Vietnam, Street without Joy offered a clear warning about what American forces would face in the jungles of Southeast Asia: a costly and protracted revolutionary war fought without fronts against a mobile enemy. In harrowing detail, Fall describes the brutality and frustrations of the Indochina War, the savage eight-year conflict-ending in 1954 after the fall of Dien Bien Phu-in which French forces suffered a staggering defeat at the hands of Communist-led Vietnamese nationalists. With its frontline perspective, vivid reporting, and careful analysis, Street without Joy was required reading for policymakers in Washington and GIs in the field and is now considered a classic.

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"...A dramatic treatment of a historic event ... the vast panorama of the Indochina struggle emerges with graphic impact." --The New York Times Book Review

"A poignant, angry, articulate book . . ." --Newsweek --Newsweek

"A poignant, angry, articulate book . . ." --Newsweek

"...A dramatic treatment of a historic event ... the vast panorama of the Indochina struggle emerges with graphic impact." -- The New York Times Book Review<br /><br />"A poignant, angry, articulate book . . ." --Newsweek

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Bernard B. Fall was born in France and fought with the French Resistance during World War II. While traveling in Vietnam in 1967, he was killed by a Vietcong explosive. His other works include Hell in a Very Small Place (0-306-81157-X) and Last Reflections on a War (0-8117-0904-3).

Series: Stackpole Military History Series
Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Stackpole Books; Revised ed. edition (June 10, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0811732363
ISBN-13: 978-0811732369
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches
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Customer Reviews: 213 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #799,412 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2156 in French History (Books)
- #942 in Southeast Asia History
- #1706 in Vietnam War History (Books)

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A reprint of a ground-breaking and prescient book about the perils of fighting in Vietnam. Using the French experience, Bernard B. Fall correctly analyzed and predicted the trouble Americans would face by taking on a battle-hardened and experienced Vietnamese foe. Specifically, he pointed out that America would be facing the exact same enemies on the same terrain and using the same tactics they used to defeat the French. He warned of the pitfalls of "search and destroy" tactics in "revolutionary war." Ironically, Fall was killed while observing an American amphibious search-and-destroy operation along the "street without joy" two decades after he began writing about the futility of such operations. Had General William C. Westmoreland heeded, instead of ignoring, Fall's suggestion, the Vietnam War might have ended quite differently; it certainly would have been less costly and less divisive. This was a classic case of "Lessons Un-learned" by the U.S. military.

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Being a military historian l cannot more highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a complete understanding of this war. Had those in the administration of Pres. Johnson read and followed the analysis and recommendations in this book, the outcome would have been much different. I interviewed Gen. Westmoreland for two hours in 1981. He had read the book and directed all in his command to read it. Unfortunately the advisors at Defence and State were ignorant of Mr. Falls book.
Mr. Fall spent considerable time gathering facts from all involved in this conflict. He presents the military actions in a highly readable manner, with indepth explanations of the tactics used by all sides and the consequences of the battles tactically and politically. He gives an excellent view of the strategic issues and the political motives of the French and North Vietnamese.
His recommendations and observations to those who fight in Revolutionary Wars as he calls them, are applicable to the several wars currently being fought by the United States, wars which he predicted the U.S. would be almost constantly involved in after our defeat in Viet Nam. Will we ever learn from history?

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I found "Street Without Joy" fascinating - a cross between the summation of after-action battle reports and a history book outlining the French debacle in Indochina. Readers clearly see that Laos and Vietnam were trying to free themselves from French colonial rule after World War II...the French, Chinese and Japanese were all defeated and kicked out during the war; the author maintains that if France would have granted both Laos and Vietnam their independence in 1945 - so many lives could have been saved.

It was obvious that the French did not have enough troops, equipment and supplies to support their mission within Indochina,and were not trained or ready to fight a guerrilla style jungle war. Conventional thinking and fighting were no match against an elusive enemy in the thick jungles, who chose the time and place for battle. As time went on, there were so many lessons to be learned and opportunities for change, yet the French insisted on the status quo - going so far as to train their Vietnamese allies in those same methods and tactics. As a result, almost 100,000 French soldiers lost their lives during their 8 year battle against those forces loyal to Ho Chi Minh.

When the French were defeated in 1954, Laos received sovernty and Vietnam was split at the 17th parallel; the southern half of the country still opposing those communist of the North. The United States came into the picture soon afterwards, providing advisors, equipment and funds to support the South's battle against the North Communists. However, there was no interest in studying the French battles and learning from their mistakes, so, history was to repeat itself...and so it did!

When Bernard Fall published this book in 1961, he states in it that the South had already lost the war with the North and cites examples of why it will happen - including outright lies by both the press and government to name a few.

I learned so much from reading "Street Without Joy" and feel that if the U.S. Government would have listened to this author or read his work, then acting upon the many lessons learned, I might not have had to serve in that war as an infantry soldier during 1970 and many of those 58,000+ soldiers might still be living.

I highly recommend this book to anyone wishing to learn more about Indochina and the French occupation.

John Podlaski, author
Cherries - A Vietnam War Novel

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