{"product_id":"in-the-year-of-the-tiger-9780806160276","title":"In the Year of the Tiger","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1950, France experienced two parallel but different outcomes in its Indochina war. Conflict in the north ended with a disastrous defeat at Dien Bien Phu, but in southern Vietnam, or Cochinchina, France emerged victorious in a series of violent but now largely forgotten actions. This book tells the story of this critical southern campaign.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn addressing a part of the First Indochina War that normally gets lumped into the larger context of the losing French effort, \u003ci\u003eIn the Year of the Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e provides a significant and valuable addition to the understanding of the French experience in Indochina.\"\" - James H. Willbanks, author of \u003ci\u003eA Raid Too Far, Operation Lam Son 719 and Vietnamization in Laos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"A splendid, captivating military history of the so-called First Indochina War, \u003ci\u003eIn the Year of the Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e underscores the importance of adaptation, modesty, patience, and prudence in waging counterinsurgency warfare. William Waddell offers invaluable lessons for making sense of the course and outcome even of the United States' later wars in Vietnam and other theaters.\"\" - Pierre Asselin, author of \u003ci\u003eHanoi's Road to the Vietnam War, 1954 - 1965\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MP-OKL Uni of Oklahoma","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49950813847895,"sku":"9780806160276","price":26.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780806160276.jpg?v=1738902057","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/in-the-year-of-the-tiger-9780806160276","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}