Many people do not understand why America lost the Viet Nam war. Author Cecil B. Currey makes one primary reason clear : North Viet Nam's Senior Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap. This work tells the full story of the man who fought three of the world's graet powers - and beat them all.

Originally published: Washington [D.C.] : Brassey's, c1997. Potomac Books edition includes a foreword by John Keegan. Brasseys has been acquired by Potomac Books, Inc. Orginally published. An AUSA book

Part 1 :An Xa, 1911-40 -- "The Making of a Revolutionary" -- "We Did Not Know How to Fight? --t"They Set Their Hopes on the Same Cause" -- Part 2 : Ha Noi, 1941-46 -- "Neither Soft nor Warm" -- "Each Man Was a Soldier" -- "Boundless Was Our Joy? -- "Welcome to Our American Friends -- "We Shall Resort to Arms? -- "We Must Be Realistic? -- "Fight to the Last Drop of Blood? -- Part 3 : Dien Bien Phu, 1946-54 -- "Brandish the Banner of National Independence? ? -- "It Was an Extremely Hard War" -- "We Had to Cross Thirty Streams? -- "The Sweat and Muscle of Our Soldiers? -- "In the Heart of the Battlefield? -- Part 4 : Saigon, 1955-91 -- "The Party Committed Serious Errors? -- "Absolute Secrecy and Security Were Our Watchwords? -- "Only Philosophers Talk of Laws? -- "Washington Cannot See the End of the Tunnel? -- "Rivers May Dry Up and Mountains May Erode? -- "They've Had Me in My Grave a Dozen Times? -- "The Memories Have Not Faded? -- An Assessment.