Vietnam: A Portrait of Its People at War - Brossura

Chanoff, David; Toai, Doan Van; Doan, Van Toai

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1860640761 ISBN 13: 9781860640766

Casa editrice: Tauris Academic Studies, 1996

Riassunto

Describes the effects of the war as experienced by the ordinary people of North and South Vietnam as well as Vietcong guerrilla fighters, soldiers, monks, and propaganda chiefs

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L'autore

David Chanoff is the author of many books and articles on international issues and is currently based at Brandeis University.

Doan Van Toai was formerly a student political leader and then an editor in Saigon, and is now writing a history of the Vietnam War. Together Chanoff and Toai have collaborated on two earlier books.

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The American experience during the Vietnam conflict is universally known: the brutalisation of the US fighting men, the drug abuse, and the trauma. Even today the very word 'Vietnam' is too often interpreted as referring to this conflict (and specifically the American perception of it) rather than to the country and its people.

The view from the other side-- the Vietcong and North Vietnamese-- has been virtually ignored. In this remarkable piece of twentieth-century oral history-- now available in paperback for the first time-- the story emerges of the ordinary people of both North and South Vietnam, of the Vietcong guerrilla fighters and terrorists, North Vietnamese soldiers and cadres, monks, opposition leaders, propaganda chiefs and village secretaries. Constructed as a series of interviews, this book provides an account of dedication and heroism at all levels, and also of the brutality and trauma faced by a people in the grip of revolution and a terrifying war.

Those featured in the book describe aspects of the war: the murderous trek down the Ho Chi Minh trail, the self-immolation of Buddhist monks, the methods of Vietcong assassination teams and life under attack from American bombs and napalm. Taken as a whole, the accounts provide a rare insight into the thinking of the 'other side.'

David Chanoff is the author of many books and articles on international issues and is currently based at Brandeis University.Doan Van Toai was formerly a student political leader and then an editor in Saigon, and is now writing a history of the Vietnam War. Together Chanoff and Toai have collaborated on two earlier books.

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• Editore: Tauris Academic Studies
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1860640761
• ISBN 13: 9781860640766
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 215