Good Governor

Robert Ray and the Indochinese Refugees of Iowa

By Matthew R. Walsh

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Publish Date

2017

Publisher

McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers

Language

eng

Pages

244

Description:

"After Americans withdrew from the Vietnam War, Indochinese allies faced imprisonment, torture and death under communist regimes. The Tai Dam, an ethnic group from northern Vietnam, campaigned for sanctuary in 1975. Governor Robert D. Ray of Iowa agreed to help. Interviews with refugees and public officials inform this comprehensive study of Iowa's resettlement program"--

subjects: Iowa, history, Indochinese Americans, History, Governors, Biography, Lao (Tai people), Boat people, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Refugees, Politics and government, Iowa. Governor's Task Force for Indochinese Resettlement, Iowa