Returns of War: South Vietnam and the Price of Refugee Memory

by Long T Bui

Book Overview

The legacy and memory of wartime South Vietnam through the eyes of Vietnamese refugees

In 1975, South Vietnam fell to communism, marking a stunning conclusion to the Vietnam War. Although this former ally of the United States has vanished from the world map, Long T. Bui maintains that its memory endures for refugees with a strong attachment to this ghost country. Blending ethnography with oral history, archival research, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479871958
• ISBN13: 9781479871957
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"