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The Undetected Enemy : French and American Miscalculations At Dien Bien Phu, 1953 Texas A & M University Military History Series ; 39
author
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Nordell, John R.
publisher
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Texas A&M University Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0890966451
print isbn13
:
9780890966457
ebook isbn13
:
9780585175065
language
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English
subject
in Bin Phu (Vietnam), Battle of, 1954.
publication date
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1995
lcc
:
DS553.3.D5N67 1995eb
ddc
:
959.704/2
subject
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in Bin Phu (Vietnam), Battle of, 1954.
Page i
The Undetected Enemy
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The Undetected Enemy
French and American Miscalculations at Dien Bien Phu, 1953
by John R. Nordell, Jr.
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY PRESS COLLEGE STATION
Page iv
Copyright 1995 by John R. Nordell, Jr.
Manufactured in the United States of America
All rights reserved
First edition
The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, Z39.481984. Binding materials have been chosen for durability.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Nordell, John R. (John Robert), 1947 The undetected enemy : French and American miscalculations at Dien Bien Phu, 1953 by John Nordell, Jr.1st ed. p. cm.(Texas A&M University military history series ; 39) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-89096-645-1 1. Din Bin Phu (Vietnam), Battle of, 1954. I. Title II. Series. DS553.3.D5N67 1995 959.704'2dc20 94-37073 CIP
Page v
To my mother, Dorothy Nordell, for her love and support, and to my late father, John Nordell, whose humor and warmth will always be with us.
Page vii
Contents
List of Illustrations
ix
Preface
xi
Acknowledgments
xiii
Note on Vietnamese Names
xv
1. Operation Castor
03
2. Digging In
18
3. Main Front: The Northwest
28
4. Portents
40
5. Command Decision
47
6. First Sortie
56
7. Commitment to Battle
64
8. Strongpoint Beatrice
71
9. Pollux and Atlante
80
10. The View from Bermuda
91
11. Evacuation
100
12. Epilogue: An Engagement of Forces
109
Appendixes
153
Notes
159
Bibliography
195
Index
201
Page ix
Illustrations
Gen. Henri Navarre
07
Dien Bien Phu: The valley
09
Dien Bien Phu: The mountains
10
French paratroopers await the order to descend on Dien Bien Phu during Operation Castor
13
The 1st BPC lands at Dien Bien Phu on November 20
15
The Indo-China war and the future of Southeast Asia
21
Gen. Ren Cogny and Gen. Jean Gilles at Dien Bien Phu on November 22
24
Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap with his staff officers
26
Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap
38
Philip Bonsal, director of the Office of Philippine and Southeast Asian Affairs in the State Department
43
Walter Robertson, assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern affairs
44
General Cogny and General Navarre in August, 1953
48
General Cogny, Colonel de Castries, and General Navarre
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