Volcano Under Snow: Vo Nguyen Giap

A biography of Vietnamese military leader Vo Nguyen Giap, one of the great mil. commanders of the 20th cent. Victorious in battles against, successively, the Japanese, the French & the Americans, Giap became N. Vietnam s Minister for Defense & Commander in Chief. He worked with Ho Chi Minh to create the armies & the support for the under-equipped Vietnamese forces that would eventually triumph over the might of the West. Despite pressure for independence, the victorious Allies (of WW II) restored French control -- thus beginning 30 years of war in Vietnam. Describes the extraordinary single-mindedness with which Giap pursued victory.