Awards

• Winner of A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2012.

Overview

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 born and raised in small villages near Ha Noi. He grew up knowing 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, exchanging a life of victimhood for one 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. This honest and impassioned account is filled with the everyday heroism of the common people of his generation.

Full Product Details

Author:   Nguyen Công Luan
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 4.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.930kg
ISBN:  

9780253356871

ISBN 10:   0253356873
Pages:   616
Publication Date:   07 February 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Major General David T. Zabecki Preface A Note on Vietnamese Names Part 1. A Grain of Sand 1. A Morning of Horror 2. My Early Years and Education 3. 1945: The Year of Drastic Events 4. On the Way to War Part 2. The War of Resistance 5. Take Up Arms! 6. My Dark Years in War Begin 7. Between Hammer and Anvil 8. The Shaky Peace 9. Bloodier Battles 10. The Geneva Accords 11. The Year of Changes Part 3. The Cogwheel 12. To Be a Soldier 13. Progress and Signs of Instability 14. Mounting Pressure 15. The Limited War 16. The Year of the (Crippled) Dragon 17. On the Down Slope 18. Hearts and Minds 19. Sài Gòn Commando Part 4. Victory or Defeat 20. The Tet Offensive 21. Defeat on the Home Front 22. The New Phase 23. The Fiery Summer 24. Hope Draining 25. America 1974-75 26. The End Part 5. After the War 27. Prisoner 28. Release Part 6. Epilogue 29. On the Viet Nam War 30. Ever in My Memory Notes Index

Reviews

An important book. One of the most compelling and thoughtful ARVN [Army of the Republic of Viet Nam] accounts I have ever read... It is an unblinking, unflinching account... a very honest book, the author's integrity comes through on every page. David T. Zabecki, Maj. Gen., U. S. Army (ret.)

Author Information

Nguyn Công Lun was born in 1937 and grew up in northern Viet Nam. Following the 1954 Geneva Agreement, which divided the nation in two, he moved south and enrolled in the Republic of Viet Nam Military Academy, then served in the Army of the Republic of Viet Nam until 1975. Incarcerated for 6 years 7 months in communist prison camps, he immigrated to the United States in 1990. He was an associate editor of The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War.

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