Army University Press - The Final Days of Empire 2024

Want to do more than just watch this book? Our web app, ReelReads, offers an enhanced experience that goes far beyond YouTube: ✅ Smart Search & Filters: Instantly find relevant chapters and topics. 🎧 Audio & Video: Easily switch between watching and listening. 📖 Everything at a glance: Access book metadata, detailed summaries, and text excerpts. ✨ Bonus Features: Use many more learning tools completely free. 👉 Go directly to the book on the app: https://reelreads.app/en/book/53c21a8... https://reelreads.app/ 👉 Go directly to the Army University Press archiv: https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Books... Title: The Final Days of Empire Subtitle: France’s Bloodied Exit from Indochina Author: Thomas S. Helling, MD Publisher: Combat Studies Institute Press, an imprint of Army University Press Year / Edition: 2024 Print page count: 234 PDF pages ISBN-13: 978-1-940804-77-4 Book type / category: Military-medical history Target audience: Military historians, medical historians, military medical professionals, officers, students of the First Indochina War, and readers interested in combat casualty care This book examines France’s final war in Indochina through the experience of doctors, nurses, battlefield surgeons, evacuation teams, and wounded soldiers. It covers colonial medicine, Vietnamese and French medical systems, Route Colonial 4, Nà Sản, Điện Biên Phủ, evacuation failures, hemorrhage, forward surgery, and the aftermath of France’s defeat. It is historical, medical, military, and strongly focused on battlefield care under jungle and siege conditions. Publication and ISBN data come from the front matter.