Southern Voices (eBook)

Biet Dong and the National Liberation Front

Michael Robert Dedrick (Autor)

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2022
188 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-5614-9 (ISBN)

Infos

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 journalistsboth 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 Dedrickwho also offers his own perspectives as a veteran and peace activistthe firsthand accounts in Southern Voices add a new layer to the history of the Vietnam War and its aftermath.

Autor

Michael Robert Dedrick is vice president of 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 work has previously appeared in the Mekong Review.

Inhalt

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 Thi Kim Lien, Biet Dong Soldier
Nguyen Duc Hoa, Biet Dong Soldier
Muio Than, NLF Soldier
Ba Den Biography
Glossary
Maps
Photos
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Author Biography
The Biet Dong and PLAF Narratives in Vietnamese

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.6.2022
• Vorwort: Christoph Giebel
• Zusatzinfo: 20 b&w halftones
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: ba den • biet dong rangers • bilingual edition • National Liberation Front • Oral History • people's liberation armed forces • Prisoner of War • Saigon • saigon/gia dinh committee of biet dong • Southeast Asian history • tet offensive of 1968
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-5614-9 / 0813156149
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-5614-9 / 9780813156149