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A War of Logistics : Parachutes and Porters in Indochina, 1945-1954 /
Following the French reoccupation of Indochina at the end of World War II, the pro-Communist Vietnamese nationalists, or Viet Minh, launched a grassroots insurgency that erupted into a full-fledged war in 1949. After nearly ten years of savage combat, the western world was stunned when Viet Minh for...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2015
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| Collection: | Foreign military studies (Lexington, Ky.)
Book collections on Project MUSE. |
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Table des matières:
- Preface
- 1. A war of logistics
- 2. French Union combat forces
- 3. Viet Minh combat forces
- 4. French logistical doctrine and organization
- 5. Viet Minh logistical doctrine and organization
- 6. The opposing transport systems
- 7. French sources of supply
- 8. Viet Minh sources of supply
- 9. The shape of battles to come
- 10. The campaign for the base areas
- 11. The campaign for the lines of communication
- 12. Planning and buildup for the Battle of Dien Bien Phu
- 13. The limits of aerial resupply
- 14. The triumph of the porters
- 15. Logistics and the war in Indochina, 1945-1954.