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Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Good.

London: William Collins, 2018 9780007978694. Hardback. First edition. Fine/VG. First printing. Number 1. No annotations or inscriptions. Slight wearing to ends of DW. 'Even by Hastings's own standards, this is a masterful performance.' Sunday Times 'Magnificent. One by one, the sacred canons of right and left are obliterated. The war is laid bare, with all its uncomfortable truths exposed.' The Times 'An altogether magnificent historical narrative.' Tim O'Brien. Vietnam became the Western world's most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants on both sides, as well as researching a multitude of American and Vietnamese documents and memoirs, to create an epic narrative of an epic struggle. He portrays the set pieces of Dienbienphu, the Tet offensive, the air blitz of North Vietnam, and… Read More