A war of logistics : parachutes and porters in Indochina, 1945-1954 / Charles R. Shrader.

"Following the French reoccupation of Indochina at the end of World War II, the pro-Communist Vietnamese nationalists, or Viet Minh, launched a grassroots insurgency that erupted into a full-fledged war in 1949. After nearly ten years of savage combat, the Western world was stunned when Viet Minh fo...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shrader, Charles R. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2015]
Series:Foreign military studies (Lexington, Ky.)
Subjects:
Physical Description:xvi, 488 pages ; 25 cm.
Format: Book