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Hardcover. This volume in the Praeger Security International (PSI) series Classics of the Counterinsurgency Era reveals how French officers who served in Indochina, like the author, Roger Trinquier, fought fierce rear-guard actions against ideologically motivated insurgents in the 1940s and 1950s to a far greater extent than their American counterparts later faced in Vietnam. The lack of coherent strategic direction from Paris in the chaotic years of the Fourth Republic left the military with the task of making political decisions in the field. With the original introduction by Bernard B. Fall and a new foreword prepared by Eliot A. Cohen. Reveals how the French military in Indochina fought fierce rearguard actions against ideologically motivated insurgents in the 1940s and 1950s to a far greater extent than their American counterparts later did in Vietnam. This edition includes the original introduction by Bernard B Fall and a fresh foreword prepared by Eliot A Cohen. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780275992675
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Title: Modern Warfare (Hardcover)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Westport
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: new
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This volume in the Praeger Security International (PSI) series Classics of the Counterinsurgency Era reveals how French officers who served in Indochina, like the author, Roger Trinquier, fought fierce rear-guard actions against ideologically motivated insurgents in the 1940s and 1950s to a far greater extent than their American counterparts later faced in Vietnam. The lack of coherent strategic direction from Paris in the chaotic years of the Fourth Republic left the military with the task of making political decisions in the field. With the original introduction by Bernard B. Fall and a new foreword prepared by Eliot A. Cohen.
This book examines how the French military spent decades fighting rear-guard actions in Indochina against ideologically motivated insurgents in the 1940s and 1950s.
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