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

McKelvey, Robert S.,

A Gift of barbed wire : America's allies abandoned in South Vietnam / Robert S. McKelvey. - First paperback edition.ittion. - Seattle, Washington : University of Washington Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (xxii, 266 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

"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." --



9780295802848


Political prisoners--Vietnam.


Electronic Books.

HV8964 / .G548 2014