A Gift of barbed wire : America's allies abandoned in South Vietnam /

A Gift of barbed wire : America's allies abandoned in South Vietnam /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	McKelvey, Robert S., author.
Imprint:	Seattle, Washington : University of Washington Press, [2014] ©2014
Description:	1 online resource (xxii, 266 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Political prisoners -- Vietnam. Political prisoners. Politics and government. Vietnam -- Politics and government -- 1975- Vietnam. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11240507

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ISBN:	9780295802848 0295802847 9780295993775 0295993774
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"A Gift of Barbed Wire is a penetrating look at the lives of South Vietnamese officials and their families left behind in Vietnam after the fall of Saigon in 1975. A former marine who served in Vietnam, Robert S McKelvey went on to practice psychiatry, and through his work in refugee camps and U.S. social service organizations, he met South Vietnamese men from all walks of life who had been imprisoned in reeducation camps immediately after the war. McKelvey's interviews with these former political prisoners, their wives, and their children reveal the devastating long-term effects of their incarceration."--
Other form:	Print version: McKelvey, Robert S. Gift of barbed wire. First paperback edittion 9780295993775

Table of Contents:

Former Political Prisoners
The Doctor
The Engineer
The Tailor
The Spy
Former Political Prisoners and Their Families
The Pilot
The Pilot's Wife
The Pilot's Daughter
The Teacher
The Teacher's Wife
The Politician
The Politician's Wife
The Politician's Son
The Politician's Grandson
The Politician's Daughter-in-Law.