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基本説明
Oral histories by Vietnamese and Americans covering four decades of the War in Vietnam.
Full Description
'Al Santoli's new oral history is original, basic, historical research. What he has uncovered must alter the manner in which many Americans view our involvement in Southeast Asia...The importance of To Bear Any Burden cannot be overstressed' - John Del Vecchio, Author of "The Thirteenth Valley". 'To Bear Any Burden is necessary to understand the most significant aspect of the Indochina wars: the human one. It is the voices of Vietnamese, Americans, Cambodians, Laotians, Montagnards, Hmongs...Together, they represent the triumph of the human spirit. Indeed, "To Bear Any Burden" is Arthur Koestler's "Darkness at Noon" of the 1980s, a more comprehensive and moving one' - Tran Van Dinh, Author of "Blue Dragon White Tiger: A Tet Story".'Al Santoli writes with the authority of experience and commitment' - J. C. Pollock, Author of "Mission MIA and Centrifuge". 'At least this reader would like to spend hours if not days talking to each of the people within these pages' - Jack Reynolds, Network Correspondent, NBC."To Bear Any Burden" presents the stories of 48 American and Asian witnesses who participated in the Vietnam War.The veterans, refugees, and officials who speak in this book come from widely divergent backgrounds. In their narratives we hear them reliving crucial moments in the preparation, execution, and aftermath of war. We hear, for example, POW Dan Pitzer learning of the American build-up from his bamboo cage; Vietnam operative, Nguyen Tuong Lai describing a terrorist run into Saigon; Cambodian teacher Kassie Neou charming his executioners with fairy tales learned from the BBC. "To Bear Any Burden" gives us a riveting, eyewitness account of the war and also reclaims from this tragic continuum larger patterns of courage and dedication. It is part of "Vietnam War Era Classics Series" edited by Jane Hamilton-Merritt and John Clark Pratt.
Contents
Section ISchiacchitano The Victory Parade, Truong Nhu Tang Giai Phong (Liberation), Tran Van Luu Section II: Democrats and Revolutionaries, 1954-1963 Land of the Open Fly, Anne Miller The White House Mission, Gen. Edward Lansdale Revolution, Mrs. Le Thi Anh The nationalist Forces, Ha Thuc Ky Land Reform, Hoang Van Chi The Geneva Conference, Stephen Young The New Republic, Gen. Edward Lansdale Pacification, Rufus Phillips The Seeds of War, Nguyen Tuong Lai The Underground School, Truong Mealy The Barefoot Dancer, Gen. Edward Lansdale Invitation to a Sideshow, Penn Nouth The Scrabble Game, Gen. Edward Lansdale The Third Force, Ha Thuc Ky The Ho Chi Minh Trail, Nguyen Toung Lai The National Liberation Front, Truong Nhu Tang The Chinese Priest, Gen. Edward Lansdale The Forest of Pencils, Anne Miller The Cyclops, Rufus Phillips POW, Dan Pitzer The Short Tour, Chuck Allen Section III: War Without Glory Kennedy's Soldiers, Frank McCarthy The Gathering Storm, Ken Moorefield What is Beautiful, Gen. Lu Mong Lan Self-Deception, Edward Brady the Cherry, Rufus Phillips/Jonathan Polanksy Care Packages, Jim Noonan Leatherneck Square, Adolphus Stuart Rules of Engagement, Mark Berent Soldier of the Revolution, Nguyen Tuong Lai Project Delta, Chuck Allen Counterterror, Gen. Lu Mong Lan The Deserted Village, Adolphus Stuart The Shadow, Nguyen Tuong Lai The Release, Dan Pitzer Psychological Warfare, Truong Nhu Tang Rings of Steel, Rufus Phillips The Duck Pond, David Schiacchitano The Cease-Fire, Tran Van Luu Tactical Victory, Strategic Defeat, Col. Harry Summers Grasping Straws, Peter Braestrup The Tet Photo, Eddie Adams Player Dramatic Teams, Ron Norris Ticket-Punching, Ken Moorefield Body Count, Col. Dennison Lane Maharajas, Gen. Edward Lansdale In Our Own Image, Edward Brady Rice, Adolphus Stuart Village Development, Stephen Young Peace Poems, Mrs. Le Thi Anh Vietnamization, Peter Braestrup The Paris Agreement, Edward Brady The Clairvoyant, Chhang Song Trust, Co. Dennison Lane Reparations, Col. Harry Summerns The Fall of Saigon, Ken Moorefield Section IV: No War, No Peace Pilots in Pajamas, Janis Dodge Holocaust, Berta Romero/Kassie Neou The Coalition Government, Dr. Yang Dao Seminar Camp, Prasith Sayaphon Prisoners of conscience, Ginetta Sagan The Stubborn Guy, Doan Van Toai Juges et Condamnes, Al Santoli The Concert, Doan Van Toai The Discipline House, Tran Tri Vu The Vigil, Mrs. Lu Thi Duc New Economic Zone, Tran Thanh Son Winners and Losers, Col. Harry Summers Promises, Nguyen Cong Hoan Tigers, Hoang Van Chi New Socialist Man, Nguyen Tuong Lai Vietnamization of Cambodia, Prak Savath/Oung Chumnet/Mrs. Keo Vey Section V: Values The Picnic, Jim Noonan The Women's Center, Eve Burton America, Kassie Neou The Doctor From Honduras, Dr. Erwin Parson MIAs, Dan Pitzer Acceptable Level of Casualty, Kay Bosiljevac The Monument, Jim Noonan Horatio at the Bridge, Lt. Col. Michael Andrews The Twilight Zone, Eddie Adams The Dream, Nguyen Cong Hoan Full Circle, Ken Moorefield Chronology Glossary Biographies
