Street Without Joy
The French Debacle In Indochina

If you have in interest in the Vietnam war, or in strategy, insurgencies and counter-insurgent techniques this book should be on your reading list. Street Without Joy tells the fascinating story of the post WW2 French in Indochina, their failures to understand or counter Vietnamese Communist forces......more

"Road 1 was the main north-south artery of transportation along the coast. The stretch of heavily-fortified villages, a line of sand dunes, and salt marshes stretching from Hué to Quang-Tri. Losses had been heavy, one ambush after another...inspired the French soldiers to call it la rue sans joie or......more

'Street without joy' Explicit detailed account. Very informative but very dry. I keep on pushing myself, Read Ammara Read. Irrespective of the fact, it's hard for me but undoubtedly it's a brilliant book on French war.......more

This book and "The True Believer," were required reading when I went through the Special Forces Officer's Course at Ft. Bragg. When I went to Vietnam, I saw much of what Dr. Fall was describing. I just reread "Street Without Joy" and realize that he was not only a brilliant historian, he was prescie......more

This is not a book. It was an opportunity. A chance. A vision of the future that was missed. Who missed that vision? We did. Street Without Joy was written about the French miseries fighting the Viet Minh. How they struggled. How they lost. It was also written real time. It was published in 1961. Man......more