Triumph Forsaken
Subtitle: The Vietnam War, 1954-1965
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 28, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 542
ISBN-13: 9780521869119
Subjects: Asian history: Vietnam War; History of specific subjects; War & defence operations; c 1960 to c 1970; Vietnam; History: American; History; History - Military / War; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Military - Vietnam War; History / United States / 20th Century; United States - 20th Century; 1945-1975
First sentence: FROM ALL DIRECTIONS, FROM HANOI AND FROM THE SURROUNDING countryside, several hundred thousand Vietnamese converged on a large square called the Place Puginier, next to the French Governor's palace.