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An indepth review of the military history account of the unmitigated modern military disaster of the siege of Dien Bien Phu. The battle that changed the face of Southeast Asia. And a review of Dava Sobel's book Longitude. A nautical and chronological recounting the solving of the Longitude problem by inventor John Harrison.
00:00 Intro
02:40 The Battle of Dien Bien Phu
04:50 Bio of Bernard Fall
07:10 Review of Hell in a Very Small Place
10:11 Review of Longitude
An indepth review of the military history account of the unmitigated modern military disaster of the siege of Dien Bien Phu. The battle that changed the face of Southeast Asia. And a review of Dava Sobel's book Longitude. A nautical and chronological recounting the solving of the Longitude problem by inventor John Harrison.
00:00 Intro
02:40 The Battle of Dien Bien Phu
04:50 Bio of Bernard Fall
07:10 Review of Hell in a Very Small Place
10:11 Review of Longitude
