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Voices from the Vietnam War

Stories from American, Asian, and Russian Veterans
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Description

The Vietnam War's influence on politics, foreign policy, and subsequent military campaigns is the center of much debate and analysis. But the impact on veterans across the globe, as well as the war's effects on individual lives and communities, is a largely neglected issue. As a consequence of cultural and legal barriers, the oral histories of the Vietnam War currently available in English are predictably one-sided, providing limited insight into the inner workings of the Communist nations that

Product Details

PublisherUniversity Press of Kentucky
Publish DateApril 06, 2012
Pages296
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9780813136578
Dimensions8.9 X 5.8 X 0.9 inches | 0.9 pounds

About the Author

Xiaobing Li, professor of history and director of the Western Pacific Institute at the University of Central Oklahoma, is coauthor of Voices from the Korean War: Personal Stories of American, Korean, and Chinese Soldiers. He served in the People's Liberation Army in China.

Reviews

" Voices from the Vietnam War is an excellent addition to the historiography and an important work that helps internationalize and personalize the war in Vietnam. -- H-Net Reviews" -- Martin Clemis, H-Net Reviews


""A valuable oral history."-- Journal of America's Mility Past" --


""An essential book for anyone writing non-revisionist history of our most propagandized war."-- Cybertronian Reviews" --


""It is fascinating to hear about the war from such different viewpoints, and the author does an exceptional job in balancing his presentation and allowing the facts to speak for themselves."--WTBF Radio" --


""It is the first oral history of the war -- and there has been a large shelf full of them in the genre -- to include the first-person voices of Chinese and Russian veterans among those from this country and Vietnam. Another criterion of a good oral history is that it unveils the human side of war. That is done well in this book, as the veterans from all nationalities talk about their wartime jobs as well as their personal lives before, during and after their service in Vietnam."-- HistoryNet" --


""Li successfully finds a fresh and intriguing niche for his collection of twenty-two individual Vietnam War stories. This should make a first-rate supplementary text."--Robert J. McMahon, author of The Limits of Empire: The United States and Southeast Asia since World War II" --


""Li's book offers, for the first time in English, the direct testimony of Russian and Chinese veterans of the Vietnam War, including a former KGB spy."-- VVA Veteran" --


""This volume of interviews with Vietnam War veterans adds new and surprising dimensions to our understanding of the scope of the war.... Some of this book is heartrending; some of it is as gripping as a thriller; and all of it will add to our understanding of the war."-- Booklist" --


"[...] Overall, Li's interviews add new dimensions to our understanding of the impact and scope of the war, and his book is a valuable contribution to the Vietnam War historiography.

[...] Li's book is a good read and a suitable assignment for courses on the Vietnam War." -- Journal of Cold War Studies

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