New Perceptions of the Vietnam War

Essays on the War, the South Vietnamese Experience, the Diaspora and the Continuing Impact
Herausgeber: Nguyen, Nathalie Huynh Chau

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Produktbeschreibung

The effects of the War outside present-day Vietnam are ongoing. Substantial Vietnamese communities in countries that participated in the conflict are contributing to renewed interpretations of it. This collection of new essays explores changes in perceptions of the war and the Vietnamese diaspora, examining history, politics, biography and literature, with Vietnamese, American, Australian and French scholars providing new insights. Twelve essays cover South Vietnamese leadership and policies, women and civilians, veterans overseas, smaller allies in the war (Australia), accounts by U.S., Australian and South Vietnamese servicemen as well as those of Indigenous soldiers from the U.S. and Australia, memorials and commemorations, and the legacy of war on individual lives and government policy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 443g
• ISBN-13: 9780786495092
• ISBN-10: 078649509X
• Artikelnr.: 41244169

Autorenporträt

Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen is an associate professor and Australian Research Council Future Fellow at the National Centre for Australian Studies at Monash University. She lives in Melbourne, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: New Perceptions of the Vietnam War (Nathalie Huynh Chau
Nguyen)
Part I: War and Politics
"A Short Road to Hell": Thieu, South Vietnam and the Paris Peace Accords
(George J. Veith)
An Intellectual Through Revolution, War and Exile: The Political Commitment
of Nguyen Ngoc Huy (1924-1990) (François Guillemot)
Fifty Years On: Half-Century Reflections on the Australian Commitment to
the Vietnam War (Peter Edwards)
Part II: Memorials and Commemoration
Side-by-Side Memorials: Commemorating the Vietnam War
in Australia (Christopher R. Linke)
Vietnam: The Long Journey Home (Elizabeth Stewart)
Part III: War and Women's Writing
War Through Women's Eyes: Nam Phuong's Red on Gold and
Yung Krall's A Thousand Tears Falling ( Huynh Chau Nguyen)
The Postwar Body: The Literary Double in the Exile Literature
of Linda Lê (Alexandra Kurmann and Tess Do)
Part IV: Identities and Legacies
The Vietnam War: A Personal Journey (Robert S. McKelvey)
Recognition of War Service: Vietnamese Veterans and Australian Government
Policy (Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen)
Indigenous Soldiers: Native American and Aboriginal Australian Service in
Vietnam (Noah Riseman)
An Independent Command? Australia's Ground Forces in the Vietnam War and
Contemporary Memories (Bruce Davies)
About the Contributors
Index