Originally published: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004. Includes maps of: Indochinese Peninsula, c. 1953; Defence of Na San Perimeter, 23 November-2 December 1952; Defence of PA8 at Na San, 23-24 November 1952; Chinese Frontier Region of Tonkin, and the Viet Bac; Red River Delta; Viet Minh Operations in the High Region, Winter 1952 and Spring 1953; Main Viet Minh Supply Routes, Winter 1953 and Spring 1954; Northern Laos, 1953-4; Valley of Dien Bien Phu and Operation Castor, 20 November 1953; Approximate Deployment of Viet Minh Siege Army at Dien Vien Phu; Dien Bien Phu Central Camp, and Deployment of Artillery and Heavy Mortar Units; Northern Defended Locations - Anne-Marie, Gabrielle, and Beatrice; Airfield and the Northern Huguettes and Dominiques; East Bank and the Five Hills of Dominique and Eliane; Defence of Beatrice, 13-14 March 1954; Defence of Gabrielle, 14-15 March 1954; Battle of the Five Hills, 30-31 March 1954; West Bank Defences - Southern Huguettes and Lilianes, Mid-April 1954; Defences of Isabelle; Fall of Dien Bien Phu, 2-7 May 1954 (2).

I: La formule -- The three Ky -- The dirty war -- The people's army -- The expeditionary corps -- The air-conditioned general -- II: Castor -- Torricelli and the front supply commission -- GONO -- Zulu Kilo -- Béatrice and Gabrielle -- Gars Pierre and Torri Rouge -- The fifth hill -- Verdun without the sacred way -- Deus Ex Machina -- 'Tell Gars Pierre we liked him a lot' -- L'Addition.