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Pham Thanh Tam's new book on Dien Bien Phu . - VNS File Photo |
War Notebook of a Young Viet Minh Soldier at Dieân Bien Phu (in French: Carnet de Guerre d'une Jeune Viet-Minh a Dien Bien Phu) was published by the France-based Armand Colin Publishing House this month.
The article said that Tam was once a student at the Hanoi University of Fine Arts who fought for the Viet Minh (League for the Independence of Viet Nam). Tam wrote the book after seven years at war, when he was just 22 years old, never imagining that his work would ever be published.
Tam tells readers why and how the Viet Nam People's Army defeated the French colonialists at the Dien Bien Phu stronghold.
According to the article, thousands of books have been written about the Indochina war, which ended in defeat for the French colonialists at Dien Bien Phu. Most of them were written by French war veterans, who expressed their sorrow about the defeat in their writing.
Tam's book gives readers a chance to understand the war and the French colonialists' loss through the eyes of a solider on the opposing front line. - VNS
