{"product_id":"9780989333146","title":"Operation Vulture: America's Dien Bien Phu","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the little known story of how the American President and his cabinet carried the United States to the brink of war in Indochina and potentially China—in 1954! Americans and the U.S. were intimately involved in the key battle that ended the French occupation of Vietnam. \u003ci\u003eOperation Vulture\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of secret U.S. efforts to sustain the French in Indochina, of the men who labored alongside the French military, of the frantic behind-closed-door meetings and confrontations in Washington as diplomats sought the American’s intervention, and of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s reluctant step back from sending in the Marines and using atomic bombs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresenting the story from the U.S., French, and Vietnamese points of view, this eBook edition of \u003ci\u003eOperation Vulture\u003c\/i\u003e is completely revised and rewritten, with new text on almost every international facet of the Dien Bien Phu battle.  It provides the most detailed treatment of the secret plan to drop tactical nuclear weapons there.  It includes fresh material on American naval and air operations, on the CIA and French intelligence, on U.S. and French efforts to relieve the besieged fortress, on the historical disputes over the diplomacy of Dien Bien Phu and Geneva, and on the cover-up of Eisenhower era records of these events.  Also included are new maps specifically prepared for this edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A detailed and readable study…” —\u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Dr. Prados’s perceptive...account gains impressive credence from his extensive use of recently declassified material.” —\u003ci\u003eArmy Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“John Prados is a clever and prodigious digger of historical fact.” —Evan Thomas, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestselling Author \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Diversion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127694835952,"sku":"9780989333146","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780989333146_p0.jpg?v=1763894038","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780989333146","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}