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    Valley of the Shadow

    The Siege of Dien Bien Phu

    Narrated by Joe Barrett ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 27 min

    Struggling to reassert control over their Indochinese colonies after World War II, the French established a huge air-land base in the valley of Dien Bien Phu. But when the opposing Vietnamese People's Army (VPA) began massing its forces against the base in late 1953, French commanders seized the opportunity to draw their elusive enemy into a decisive set-piece battle.Defending a series of ... Read more

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  • Recent Results on Time-Delay Systems

    Analysis and Control

    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book mostly results from a selection of papers presented during the 11th IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) Workshop on Time-Delay Systems, which took place in Grenoble, France, February 4 - 6, 2013. During this event, 37 papers were presented. Taking into account the reviewers' evaluation and the papers' presentation the best papers have been selected and collected into the ... Read more

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  • Valley of the Shadow

    The Siege of Dien Bien Phu

    Using new material unearthed in French archives, Vietnamese-language publications and the testimony of veterans, Valley of the Shadow offers a new perspective on the climactic French defeat at Dien Bien Phu.Following the end of World War II, France attempted to reassert control over its colonies in Indochina. In Vietnam, this was resisted by the Viet Minh leading to the First Indochina War. By ... Read more

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  • XIII Mystery - Volume 11 - Jonathan Fly

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