Giap obituary: winner of three small wars

[John T. Fishel]

I just looked up Hanoi's War on Amazon and read the acknowledgements, extended excerpts of the intro, and the Nota Bene. The author is obviously a solid historian. I'm not at all sure that her understanding of the military side of the war is as good as her understanding of the the broader history and narrow focus on decision-making in Hanoi. Need to read the book for that. To her credit (although it is perhaps inadvertent) she expresses her basic biases in her Nota Bene.

So, I will shortly be ordering it for my Kindle. Thanks.

JohnT

PS have you read Rufus Phillips' Why Vietnam matters? Worth it in every way.