A Daring Plan.
If you are a fan of history with accurate details and riveting suspense, then you\'ll love David Lee Corley\'s historical war novel - We Stand Alone..
The Viet Minh and French paratroopers square off in a winner-take-all battle in this unforgettable epic based on actual events and real people.
They want the rebels to attack...
But the French aren\'t going anywhere.
To win, they will need to achieve the most remarkable engineering feat of the 20th century before the French can slip away.
Such a victory could bring a swift end to the seven-year-long war between the Viet Minh and the French.
The French garrison is a tempting target for Ho Chi Minh and his General Vo Nguyen Giap, considered the most brilliant military strategist of his time.
A dilapidated airfield is rebuilt into a fortified air bridge - the paratroopers\' lifeline and only means of escape.
He leads his brigade of elite paratroopers into the Muong Thanh Valley, far from French supply lines.
French commander Major Marcel Bigeard is the fittest man in the army, eats raw onions for breakfast, and has courage beyond reason.
But things rarely go as planned...
Make some money and head back to the states before he and his friend, Earthquake McGoon, get their asses shot off.
Just cargo and troops, no combat that is the deal.
An American fighter pilot, Tom Coyle, volunteers to fly for the French military during the Indochina War.
Hanoi 1953.
The Siege at Dien Bien Phu.
A Deadly Trap.
A Daring Plan