A war of logistics parachutes and porters in Indochina, 1945-1954

In A War of Logistics, Charles R. Shrader meticulously examines both French Union and Viet Minh logistical units during the period of active conventional warfare, as well as external support provided to the French by the United States and to the Vietnamese by China. Although the Vietnamese had few a...

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Main Author: Shrader, Charles R. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Kentucky The University Press of Kentucky 2015
Series:Foreign military studies
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Call Number :DS 553.7 .S36 2015

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