Giap: Volcano Under Snow by John Colvin - 1996-08

Fine. Hardcover with DJ.

Soho Pr Inc, 1996-08-01. First edition, Complete Numbers . Hardcover. fine/fine. 6x1x9. NOT an ex library book. Clean interior pages. Dust jacket has no chips or tears, price is not clipped.

New York: Soho Press Inc, 1996. Cloth/dust jacket Octavo. Hardcover. Very good/very good. black cloth gilt lettering dust jacket 392 pp pencil notes.

New York: Soho Press, 1996. First Printing. good, ex-lib., good. 24 cm, 336, maps, usual library markings. The North Vietnamese commander who defeated the Japanese, French, and American forces in Vietnam.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Soho Press, Incorporated, 1996. xii + 336pp., b/w pls., maps, appends., bibliog., index, Excellent Military biography of Vo Nguyen Giap.. 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Soho Pr Inc, 1996. 336pp/maps. Vo Nguyen Giap is one of the great military commanders of the Twentieth Century. Victorious in battles against, successively, the Japanese, the French and the Americans, Giap became North Vietnam's Minister for Defence and Commander in Chief. He worked with Ho Chi Minh to create the armies and the support for these under equipped forces that would eventually triumph over the might of the West. Japanese occupation lasted from 1941-45, during which time Ho Chi Minh's Revolutionary League for Independent Vietnam became the most powerful force in the country. Despite pressure for independence the victorious Allies (of World War II) restored French control, thus beginning 30 years of war in Vietnam. John Colvin's biography describes the extraordinary single-mindedness with which Giap pursued victory. Clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Place_Pub: New York: Soho Press, 1996. First Edition. First Printing. good, very good. 336, maps, select bibliography, index, some underlining and ink notations to text. This is an important and impressive biography of Vietnam's celebrated General Giap, victor at Dien Bien Phu and strategist most responsible for the Tet Offensive. Giap employed strategies meant not merely to defeat his enemies but also to achieve their psychological surrender. Victorious in battles against, successively, the Japanese, the French, and the Americans, Giap became North Vietnam's Minister for Defense and Commander in Chief. Heworked with Ho Chi Minh to create the armies and the support for these under-equipped forces that would eventually triumph over the might of the West.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Soho Pr Inc, 1996. 336pp/maps. Vo Nguyen Giap is one of the great military commanders of the Twentieth Century. Victorious in battles against, successively, the Japanese, the French and the Americans, Giap became North Vietnam's Minister for Defence and Commander in Chief. He worked with Ho Chi Minh to create the armies and the support for these under equipped forces that would eventually triumph over the might of the West. Japanese occupation lasted from 1941-45, during which time Ho Chi Minh's Revolutionary League for Independent Vietnam became the most powerful force in the country. Despite pressure for independence the victorious Allies (of World War II) restored French control, thus beginning 30 years of war in Vietnam. John Colvin's biography describes the extraordinary single-mindedness with which Giap pursued victory. . 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

advanced reader copy/first firstbook is unreadtext is undamaged/marked no blemishes in text of cover