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    General Vo Nguyen Giap: The Vietnamese Napoleon
    General Vo Nguyen Giap: The Vietnamese Napoleon
    General Vo Nguyen Giap: The Vietnamese Napoleon
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    General Vo Nguyen Giap: The Vietnamese Napoleon

    By LTC John C. Levanter

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    General Giap is undoubtedly one of the foremost practitioners of insurgency and revolutionary war. He has been called by some, the Vietnamese Napoleon. The issue is: What are the factors which have gained him such a reputation? What experiences have influenced his life and caused him to develop the strategy and tactics used the past 25 years in Vietnam? An extensive literature search was made to trace his life’s history and to determine what factors have caused him to be as he is. The study examined his early life, civilian education, and use within the Vietnamese Communist Party, military training and experience. No effort was made to give a detailed analysis of any campaign or battle. A final evaluation was made that although his contribution on to the two wars in Indochina was great, evidence does not support placing him with such men as Mao, Guderian, or Napoleon. He has contributed little which is new to strategic or tactical principle & but rather has demonstrated the ability to apply well those principles developed by others.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNormanby Press
    Release dateNov 6, 2015
    ISBN9781786250117
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      General Vo Nguyen Giap - LTC John C. Levanter

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      General Vo Nguyen Giap: The Vietnamese Napoleon?

      by

      John C. Levanter, LTC, CE

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Contents

      TABLE OF CONTENTS 4

      ABSTRACT 5

      CHAPTER I — INTRODUCTION 6

      BACKGROUND 6

      SCOPE 6

      RESEARCH METHOD 7

      ORGANIZATION 7

      CHAPTER II —  THE MAKING OF A GENERAL 8

      EARLY LIFE 8

      LEARNING TO HATE 10

      COMMUNIST PARTY’S RISE 11

      TO CHINA 12

      SITUATION AT HOME AND THE PLAN TO RETURN 13

      TO HANOI 14

      CHAPTER III — GENERAL GIAP 16

      GIAP IS TESTED 19

      CHAPTER IV — GIAP’S METHOD 20

      SPECIAL ATTENTION TO ADMINISTRATION AND LOGISTICS 21

      ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY 21

      SURPRISE AND DECEPTION 22

      TECHNIQUE OF PROTRACTED WAR 22

      STRATEGY CHANGE 23

      VICTORIES AND DEFEATS 23

      REGULAR FORCE STRATEGY 23

      CHAPTER V — IS HE A NAPOLEON? 27

      REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 29

      SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 30

      ABSTRACT

      General Giap is undoubtedly one of the foremost practitioners of insurgency and revolutionary war. He has been called by some, the Vietnamese Napoleon. The issue is: What are the factors which have gained him such a reputation? What experiences have influenced his life and caused him to develop the strategy and tactics used the past 25 years in Vietnam? An extensive literature search was made to trace his life’s history and to determine what factors have caused him to be as he is. The study examined his early life, civilian education, and use within the Vietnamese Communist Party, military training and experience. No effort was made to give a detailed analysis of any campaign or battle. A final evaluation was made that although his contribution on to the two wars in Indochina was great, evidence does not support placing him with such men as Mao, Guderian, or Napoleon. He has contributed little which is new to strategic or tactical principle & but rather has demonstrated the ability to apply well those principles developed by others.

      CHAPTER I — INTRODUCTION

      Know your .enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster. — SUN TZU

      BACKGROUND

      Vo Nguyen Giap—A man the world first heard about after the French Army’s humiliating defeat at the hands of the Viet Minh at Dien Bien Phu in 1954. Perhaps it is incorrect say that the world yet recognizes the name. Outside of a relatively small circle, few people know who Giap is. Those who do, however, know his importance. They know that victory there the French caused France’s withdrawal from Indochina. They know that victory there marked the first time e guerrilla army

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