Our Great Spring Victory (Monthly Review Press Classic Titles, 9)

another author who is capable of putting in writing what happened. a must for the historian about vietnam.

This book is the same as the author's name, Dung.Nothing but left over communist propaganda and Dung's out of touch with reality ramblings.

The author, the chief of staff of the PAVN (People's Army of Viet Nam) and Commander of the Campaign 275 which overran Saigon and South Vietnam during the spring of 1975, is well positioned to describe in great detail that effort. And, once you get beyond his "quislings," "puppets," "lackeys" and "neocolonialism" nonsense jargon, it is a very revealing account. First, it puts the struggle in the context of 4000 years of Vietnamese history, suggesting the greater importance of nationalism than communism as an ongoing motivator. Second, the author gives a most illuminating account of the agreement-breaking buildup to the final offensive, including the building of thousands of miles of roads, telecommunications and even an oil/gas pipeline to support it. Third, the work astutely points out the importance of pinning down the ARVN strategic reserve (the marines at Tru Trien and the paratroopers at Thoung Duc) and the flooding of South Vietnam with addition NVA divisions and logistical support. These dispatches in Nhan Dan, the newspaper of the Vietnam Worker's Party, are well worth reading to get a flavor the end of the war from the North Vietnamese PAVN point of view.

A Look at the Flip Side of the Vietnam War"Our Great Spring Victory: An Account of the Liberation of South Vietnam" by Van Tien Dung, the commander of the 1975 North Vietnamese military campaign wrote a battle diary that was first published as a series of newspaper articles. This translation is an account of the North Vietnamese victory, with information on military strategy and the coordination between the leadership in Hanoi and generals in the field.