Summary of Bernard B. Fall & Fredrik Logevall's Street Without Joy

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The French had fought a short but bloody war with the Japanese in September 1940, before the Japanese ultimatum. The French ambassador in Washington wired Catroux that his request for 120 modern fighter planes had been turned down by Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles, because the United States did not believe it could enter into conflict with Japan. #2 The French in Indochina were abandoned by their allie