Southern Voices
Biet Dong and the National Liberation Front
Seiten
2022
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-5595-1 (ISBN)
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-5595-1 (ISBN)
Firsthand accounts add a new layer to the history of the Vietnam War and its aftermath.
Southern Voices: Biet Dong and the National Liberation Front presents oral histories from former members of an elite squad of Viet Cong operatives, focusing on their experiences during what is known, in Vietnam, as the American War. Author Michael Robert Dedrick conducted interviews with eight former Biet Dong (the equivalent of Ranger or Special Forces divisions in the US military) and sheds new light on this clandestine group.
Best known for their role in the 1968 Tet Offensive, the Biet Dong in the south were organized units hiding in plain sight. Members included farmers, tradespeople, agents, spies, monks, students, intellectuals, and journalists - both young and old, men and women. They were highly patriotic, politically motivated, and very secretive, operating in three-person cells under aliases. Their voices and experiences emerge in this bilingual volume.
In recent years, historians have made greater use of Vietnamese primary sources and transformed the study of one of the twentieth century's most controversial conflicts. Ably curated by Dedrick - who also offers his own perspectives as a veteran and peace activist - the firsthand accounts in Southern Voices add a new layer to the history of the Vietnam War and its aftermath.
Southern Voices: Biet Dong and the National Liberation Front presents oral histories from former members of an elite squad of Viet Cong operatives, focusing on their experiences during what is known, in Vietnam, as the American War. Author Michael Robert Dedrick conducted interviews with eight former Biet Dong (the equivalent of Ranger or Special Forces divisions in the US military) and sheds new light on this clandestine group.
Best known for their role in the 1968 Tet Offensive, the Biet Dong in the south were organized units hiding in plain sight. Members included farmers, tradespeople, agents, spies, monks, students, intellectuals, and journalists - both young and old, men and women. They were highly patriotic, politically motivated, and very secretive, operating in three-person cells under aliases. Their voices and experiences emerge in this bilingual volume.
In recent years, historians have made greater use of Vietnamese primary sources and transformed the study of one of the twentieth century's most controversial conflicts. Ably curated by Dedrick - who also offers his own perspectives as a veteran and peace activist - the firsthand accounts in Southern Voices add a new layer to the history of the Vietnam War and its aftermath.
Michael R. Dedrick is vice president of the Veterans for Peace Chapter 92 located in Seattle, Washington. He served during the Vietnam War as a US Army Analyst and Interrogator-Linguist in Cholon, Saigon through the Tet and May Offensives of 1968. His mos
Foreword
Introduction
History of Biet Dong
Saigon Gia Dinh Committee
Tu Cang, NLF Senior Officer
Bay Son, Biet Dong Senior Officer
Nguyen Huu Loi, Biet Dong Soldier
Ms. Le Hong Quan, NLF Soldier
Ms. Nguyen Thi Bich Nga, Biet Dong Soldier
Ms. Do T
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.05.2022 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 20 b&w halftones |
| Verlagsort | Lexington |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8131-5595-9 / 0813155959 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8131-5595-1 / 9780813155951 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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