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Vo Nguyen GiapSee his Military Art of People's War: Selected Writings, ed. by R. Stetler (1970); R. J. O'Neill, General Giap (1969); C. B. Currey, Victory at Any Cost (1997).
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- Tonkin Gulf resolution
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Vietnam War
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- guerrilla warfare
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- strategy and tactics
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