This poignant collection of oral histories tells the stories of nine Laotians, four Cambodians and nine Vietnamese: what their lives were like before 1975, what happened after the Communist takeover that made them decide to flee their native countries, and how they escaped.
The storytellers (housewife, Amerasian child, schoolteacher, government clerk, military officer, security agent, Buddhist monk, artist) create a broad and moving picture of the new realities of contemporary Indochina.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"recommended for most libraries"-Library Journal; "a perspective which is totally new...informative...original historical research"-VOYA.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
24 photos, 3 maps, appendices, indexes
Maße
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-6740-2 (9780786467402)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
A Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow, Joanna Catherine Scott is also a novelist and a prizewinning poet. She lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Table of Contents
Preface
Vietnam-Land of the Boat People
In Favor of Freedom
Nguyen van Lau
Saved by the Esso Company
Reverence Tam Minh
My Father Called Me Freddy
Freddy Nguyen
The Hope of Ho Chi Minh Is Fallen
Mr. Le
Finally It Was All a
Name withheld
They Came to Rob and Kill
Thich nu grac Huong
Americans Missing in Action
Mr. Champamay
Even the Lampposts Nguyen Thi Yen Nga It Is Lost, My Country
Tran van Xinh
Cambodia-Land of the Killing Fields
All the People of Khmer Were Very Troubled
Ven Yem
My Mother, My Sister
The Story of Samol Him
They Liked Only the Stupid People
Him Mao
The Snake Who Became a Refugee
Told by Lucy
These Vietnamese Are No Better Than Pol
Heng Houn
The Eyes That Watched
Adeach Pok
Weep for My Children
Told by Nina
Laos -Land of the Seminar Camps
Not So Wonderful Was That Time
Khamsamong Somvong
Their Words Hide All That Is
Soukan Vignauong
For Ten Years He Had
Bounsy and Samly Khamphouy
Hidden to the People of the World
Khoun Phauorabouth
Keep Them Until They
Boukeo Bounnam
The News Collector
Name withheld
Nobody Can Speak Against Them
Saeng Praseuth and Sisouphanh Ravisong
The Jail of Keng Kanh
Vanhthong Mountry
The Hell of Kaisone
Name withheld
Maps
Indochina
Viengxay Area Seminar Camps
Sketch showing location of Keng Kanh jail
Location of Sepone area helicopter wreck (Laos)
Appendix: Viengxay Area Seminarists
Camp 03
Camp 04
Camp 05
Camp 06
Index
