Author: Christina Schwenkel
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2009-07-13
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 0253003318
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Christina Schwenkel's absorbing study explores how the "American War" is remembered and commemorated in Vietnam today -- in official and unofficial histories and in everyday life. Schwenkel analyzes visual representations found in monuments and martyrs' cemeteries, museums, photography and art exhibits, battlefield tours, and related sites of "trauma tourism." In these transnational spaces, American and Vietnamese memories of the war intersect in ways profoundly shaped by global economic liberalization and the return of American citizens as tourists, pilgrims, and philanthropists.
Author: James P. Harrison
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780231069090
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Author: Dixee Bartholomew-Feis
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2006-05-12
Total Pages: 446
ISBN-13: 0700616527
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Some will be shocked to find out that the United States and Ho Chi Minh, our nemesis for much of the Vietnam War, were once allies. Indeed, during the last year of World War II, American spies in Indochina found themselves working closely with Ho Chi Minh and other anti-colonial factions-compelled by circumstances to fight together against the Japanese. Dixee Bartholomew-Feis reveals how this relationship emerged and operated and how it impacted Vietnam's struggle for independence. The men of General William Donovan's newly-formed Office of Strategic Services closely collaborated with communist groups in both Europe and Asia against the Axis enemies. In Vietnam, this meant that OSS officers worked with Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh, whose ultimate aim was to rid the region of all imperialist powers, not just the Japanese. Ho, for his part, did whatever he could to encourage the OSS's negative view of the French, who were desperate to regain their colony. Revealing details not previously known about their covert operations, Bartholomew-Feis chronicles the exploits of these allies as they developed their network of informants, sabotaged the Japanese occupation's infrastructure, conducted guerrilla operations, and searched for downed American fliers and Allied POWs. Although the OSS did not bring Ho Chi Minh to power, Bartholomew-Feis shows that its apparent support for the Viet Minh played a significant symbolic role in helping them fill the power vacuum left in the wake of Japan's surrender. Her study also hints that, had America continued to champion the anti-colonials and their quest for independence, rather than caving in to the French, we might have been spared our long and very lethal war in Vietnam. Based partly on interviews with surviving OSS agents who served in Vietnam, Bartholomew-Feis's engaging narrative and compelling insights speak to the yearnings of an oppressed people-and remind us that history does indeed make strange bedfellows.
Author: W. R. Smyser
Publisher:
Published: 1980-01-01
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780608041056
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Kristin F. Johnson
Publisher: ABDO Publishing Company
Published: 2011-09-01
Total Pages: 114
ISBN-13: 1617878642
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This title examines the remarkable life of Ho Chi Minh. Readers will learn about Ho's family background, childhood, education, and revolutionary work as a visionary communist leader and first president of Vietnam. Color and black & white photos and informative sidebars accompany easy-to-read, compelling text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts, additional resources, Web sites, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Essential Lives is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
Author: Nhà xuất bản ngoại văn (Hanoi, Vietnam)
Publisher: Hanoi : Foreign Languages Publishing House
Published: 1966
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Human Rights Watch (Organization)
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 37
ISBN-13: 1564324761
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This 32-page report documents the Vietnamese government's crackdown on independent trade unions and profiles labor rights activists who have been detained, placed under house arrest, or imprisoned by the Vietnamese government in violation of international law. The report calls on donor governments and foreign firms investing in Vietnam to press the government to treat workers properly.
Author: Martin Gainsborough
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Published: 2013-07-04
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 1848139071
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Vietnam: Rethinking the State offers an exciting and up-to-date look at the politics of this fascinating country as it seeks to make the transition from war-torn economic backwater to a dynamic and modern society. The book argues for a move away from the commonly associated idea of 'reform', arguing for a deeper understanding of the concept and questioning the idea of state-retreat. The result is a path-breaking book which gets beneath the surface of Vietnam's politics in a way which few outsiders otherwise could.