To bear any burden

Description:

The forty-eight American and Asian witnesses who recount their stories in this book are survivors of a great cataclysm, the Vietnam War. The veterans, refugees, and officials who speak here come from widely divergent backgrounds yet combine to narrate a synchronous chronicle, a human-scale history of the war in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. Reading their narratives, we hear them reliving crucial moments in the preparation, execution, and aftermath of war. We hear POW Dan Pitzer learning of the American buildup from his bamboo cage; Viet Cong operative Nguyen Tuong Lai describing a terrorist run into Saigon; Cambodian teacher Kassie Neou charming his executioners with fairy tales learned from the BBC. Their experiences in extreme circumstances of war, revolution, and imprisonment provide an epic drama of heroism in the midst of tragedy. This book gives not only riveting eyewitness accounts of the war, but reclaims from this tragic continuum larger patterns of courage and dedication. -- from Book Jacket.

subjects: Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975,  Personal narratives,  Southeast Asians,  Vietnam War, 1961-1975,  Health and hygiene,  Political prisoners,  Military relations,  Protest movements,  Subversive activities,  Geschichte,  Psychological aspects,  Veterans,  Politics and government,  Social aspects,  Auswirkung,  Vietnam War (1961-1975) fast (OCoLC)fst01431664,  Vietnamese Personal narratives,  Prisoner-of-war camps,  Missing in action,  Atrocities,  Women,  Prisoners of war,  Mental health,  Political refugees,  Socialism,  Propaganda,  Women and war,  Vietnam-oorlog,  Erlebnisbericht,  The Cecil B. and Laura G. Currey Archive of Military History,  Vietnamkrieg,  American Personal narratives,  Public opinion,  Children,  Aufsatzsammlung,  Vietnam war, 1961-1975, moral and ethical aspects