Giap: The General Who Defeated America in Vietnam - Hardcover

from sherman1951

In Giap, author and military historian James A. Warren provides a somewhat brief (218 pages), but cogent study of both the War of Resistance against the French and the American War fought by the Vietnamese Communist and nationalist leadership from 1945 through 1975. General Giap, if not a brillia...

from bookwormgeek

Giap, by James Warren, is a brief biography of General Giap, one of the master-minds behind the French & American defeats in Viet Nam. Warren's book is informative, if brief, mainly due to the scarcity of specific information from Communist sources. Giap, even though mostly self-taught, was able ...

from Elliot1822

The main point of the book I feel by Mr. Warren is that Giap, was largely self-taught in military arts, and was able to find with study and intuition the correct strategy to ensure victory for Vietnamese communism over the French add then the Americans. I would not characterize Giap as brilliant ...

from LamSon

Giap was the military commander of Vietminh and NVA forces during Vietnam's wars with France and America. He took Mao's lessons on guerrilla warfare and adapted them to the situation in Vietnam, thereby accomplishing military feats few thought possible. Although Giap was a capable tactician, his ...

from RhodestoRome

This will be a brief review as I am currently deployed and the internet connection here is shoddy, at best. I will attempt to update it upon my return. This book was a fairly entertaining read; it attempts to cover an expansive series of events and, as is mentioned by some of the other reviewers,...