Nationalist in the Viet Nam wars : memoirs of a victim turned soldier /
"This extraordinary memoir tells the story of one man's experience of the wars of Viet Nam from the time he was old enough to be aware of war in the 1940s until his departure for America 15 years after the collapse of South Viet Nam in 1975. Nguyen Cong Luan was born and raised in small vi...
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; A Note on Vietnamese Names; PART 1. A GRAIN OF SAND; 1 A Morning of Horror; 2 My Early Years and Education; 3 1945: The Year of Drastic Events; 4 On the Way to War; PART 2. THE WAR OF RESISTANCE; 5 Take Up Arms!; 6 My Dark Years in War Begin; 7 Between Hammer and Anvil; 8 The Shaky Peace; 9 Bloodier Battles; 10 The Geneva Accords; 11 The Year of Changes; PART 3. THE COGWHEEL; 12 To Be a Soldier; 13 Progress and Signs of Instability; 14 Mounting Pressure; 15 The Limited War; 16 The Year of the (Crippled) Dragon; 17 On the Down Slope; 18 Hearts and Minds.
- 19 Sài Gòn CommandoPART 4. VICTORY OR DEFEAT; 20 The Tet Offensive; 21 Defeat on the Home Front; 22 The New Phase; 23 The Fiery Summer; 24 Hope Draining; 25 America 1974-75; 26 The End; PART 5. AFTER THE WAR; 27 Prisoner; 28 Release; PART 6. EPILOGUE; 29 On the Viet Nam War; 30 Ever in My Memory; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y.
