Thomas Joseph Barnes

Vietnam when the Tanks Were Elephants Thomas Joseph Barnes

Contemporaneous with the American and French Revolutions, the far bloodier Tay Son revolt in Annam, present-day Vietnam, passed virtually unnoticed by the West. This historically accurate account, narrated in the first person by eight of the principal participants, relates how three brothers trained in the martial arts organized and expanded the Tay Son guerrilla movement that gradually extended its sway over the entire country. Nguyen Hue, the ablest Tay Son brother, proclaimed himself King in 1788, and routed a 200,000-man Chinese invasion force the following year, marking the zenith of Tay Son military prowess.