PAVN - People’s Army of Vietnam

400 Pages·1986·57 MB·English

by  Douglas Pike

ISBN: 0-89141-243-3
PAVN: PEOPLE’S
ARMY OF VIETNAM
Douglas Pike
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fascinating look into the innards of
...
the world's most astonishing military
phenomenon, the People's Army of
Vietnam (PAVN)...he [Pike] probably
the foremost western expert on the
is
subject.
PAVN
This first book on deserves
to be widely read...
THE KIRKUS REVIEWS
From the leading expert on Viet-
namese communism, we have this ex-
traordinary history of the growth of
Army
the People’s of Vietnam, the
third largest military force in the
world, standing directly behind the
Army
People’s Liberation of China
and the Armed Forces of the U.S.S.R.
PAVN
had its beginning in 1930, in a
mountain cave near the China border,
with Vo Nguyen Giap and thirty-three
Ho
others. Giap, with Chi Minh’s help,
built up this minuscule army from a
semi-guerrilla status into a force num-
bering over one million in the regular
army and another three million in
paramilitary elements.
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PAVN:
Army
People’s of Vietnam
Douglas Pike
PRESIDIO
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MAIN
355.3095 Pike, Douglas
Eugene, 1924-
PAVN
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31143003853794
©
Copyright 1986 by Presidio Press
Published by Presidio Press
31 Pamaron Way, Novato, CA 94947
All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in
a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means: electronic,
electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording orotherwise
without permission in writing from the copyright holder.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Pike, Douglas Eugene, 1924-
PAVN: People’s Army of Vietnam.
Bibliography: 362
p.
Includes index.
1. Vietnam, Quan doi nhan dan. I. Title. II. Title:
People’s Army of Vietnam.
UA853.V48P55 1986 355.3’09597 85-19329
ISBN 0-89141-243-3
Book design by Christine Dettner
Printed in the United States of America
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War is the highest, most comprehensive test ofa nation and its social
system War is a contest that not only tests the skill andstrategy oftwo
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adversaries but also their strength and will. Victory goes to the side
,
which has the correct military strategy, which makes best use ofthe art
of military science and which most successfully limits the war-making
capacity of its adversary.
Sen. Gen. Van Tien Dung
Commander in Chief
People’s Army ofVietnam
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