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Victory at Any Cost: The Genius of Viet Nam's Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap (The Warriors)
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by Cecil B. Currey
Sales Rank: 514689
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Cover Type: Paperback with 424 pages
Published by: Potomac Books Inc. April 27, 2005
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1574887424
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1574887426
Book Dimensions:
7.6 x 5 x 1 inches
Weighs: 10.4 ounces
From Publishers Weekly
From Brassey's come two volumes of military history. Victory at Any Cost: The Genius of Viet Nam's Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap, by Cecil B. Currey, offers a thoroughly researched biography of the leader of the Vietnamese Communist forces against the Japanese, French and Americans. Photos. Oblivion: The Mystery of West Point Cadet Richard Cox, by Harry J. Maihafer, diligently explores and solves the questions behind the 1950 disappearance from West Point of the eponymous cadet, which generated national headlines at the time. photographs not seen by PW.
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The New York Times Book Review, Chris Patsilelis
A genius of military tactics, strategy and logistics, General Giap is considered to be one of history's great generals. Yet . . . there is little accurate information about his life. . . . McCurrey . . . has written an assiduously researched and engrossing biography.
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This review is from: Victory at Any Cost: The Genius of Viet Nam's Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap (Paperback)
Vietnam history is one of invasion, going back a thousand years. Chinese, Khmer, French, Japanese, and finally the Americans. The Vietnamese have struggled with all of these. If one puts Vietnamese history into this context, one starts to realize that there is no other story like the Vietnamese saga. General Giap is a figure that must be studied by any serious student of warfare history. Giap was a arduious student of Napoleon, very serious, totally dedicated to his cause. While the fighting spirit and mettle of the Viet Minh cannot be understated, Giap's victory at Dien Bien Phu was nothing short of spectacular, using his army of barefoot soldiers. His grasp of logistics, and his sense of flexability on the battlefield are unsurpassed in modern warfare. His victory gave hope to colonial peoples all over the world, and signaled the end of colonialism. He proved the indiginous people could defeat a modern, powerful army. He fought the riches, most technologically advanced nation ever known to a standstill. I have totally enjoyed Cecil Curry's book on Giap. Curry's book does not try to glorify the man, nor does he make him out to be an evil communist. He simply tries to tell his story, and why Giap is the genius he is. Also, Curry goes into the excesses of the Vietnamese communist, as well as that of the French, Vietnamese oposition, and the Americans: He never tries to gloss over anything. Curry has some interviews with Giap, which makes the book even more interesting. This book should be read by anyone who loves military history, whether professionally or not. Any officer in any army could learn something here. Love him or hate him, Giap was a formidable foe, both to his foreign enemies, and those at home. History will remember Giap, and Curry's book will be the definitive source on his story for a long time to come.
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