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050	0	0	_aDS556.93.N5215 _bA3 2012
082	0	0	_a959.704/3092 _aB _223
100	1		_aNguyễn, Công Luận, _d1937-
245	1	0	_aNationalist in the Viet Nam wars _h[electronic resource] : _bmemoirs of a victim turned soldier / _cNguyễn Công Luận.
260			_aBloomington : _bIndiana University Press, _cc2012. _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (xv, 598 p. :) _bmap ;
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 575-585) and index.
520			_a"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, by his account, "just a nobody." Born and raised in small villages near Ha Noi, he and his family knew war at the hands of the Japanese, the French, and the Viet Minh. Living with wars of conquest, colonialism, and revolution led him finally to move south and take up the cause of the Republic of Viet Nam, changing from a life of victimhood to that of a soldier. His stories of village life in the north are every bit as compelling as his stories of combat and the tragedies of war. "I've done nothing important," Luan writes. "Neither have I strived to make myself a hero." Yet this honest and impassioned account of life in Viet Nam from World War II through the early years of the unified Communist government is filled with the everyday heroism of the common people of his generation. Luan's portrayal of the French colonial occupation, of the corruption and brutality of the Communist system, of the systemic weakness and corruption of the South Vietnamese government, and his "warts and all" portrayal of the U.S. military and the government's handling of the war may disturb readers of various points of view. Most will agree that this memoir provides a unique and important perspective on life in Viet Nam during the years of conflict that brought so much suffering to Luan and his fellow Vietnamese."--Publisher's description.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
600	1	0	_aNguyễn, Công Luận, _d1937-
610	1	0	_aVietnam (Republic). _bQuân lực _xOfficers _vBiography.
650		0	_aVietnam War, 1961-1975 _vPersonal narratives, Vietnamese.
650		0	_aIndochinese War, 1946-1954 _vPersonal narratives, Vietnamese.
650		0	_aPolitical refugees _zVietnam _vBiography.
650		0	_aPolitical prisoners _zVietnam _vBiography.
651		0	_aVietnam _xHistory _y1975-
651		0	_aVietnam _xHistory _y1945-1975.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse.
830		0	_aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780253005489/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c35620 _d35620