RaveNew York Times Book Review[Logevall] has written an even more impressive book about the French conflict in Vietnam and the beginning of the American one ... It is the most comprehensive history of that time ... He has produced a powerful portrait of the terrible and futile French war from which Americans learned little as they moved toward their own engagement in Vietnam ... Logevall is not only skilled at describing the war. He is also adept at explaining the diplomacy of Vietnam during the 1950s.
