Mark’s Reviews > Street Without Joy > Status Update

Moving past tactics, getting a bit better.

This last 30% has been a slog of just the most romanticized narrative of a french occupation mobile attack unit which, while interesting, feels extremely myopic and narrow considering the context of when he wrote (1963….) . Constant sentimentality and imagined conversations.

Worst part is I can’t even lose myself in the fighting. The most microscoped company level description, no op lvl analysis.

IDKK MAN …

Good but too tactical so far, not enough about counter insurgency or political discussion. Very methodical through the first war between France and the Viet Minh, battle by battle and their rationale. Definite sympathy towards the French, but this work is a classic and too highly recommended to let that stop the read.