TRAN VAN DON : Our endless war (fülszöveg)
General Tran Van Don, a prominent military and political figure in Saigon, presents a personal and factual account of the tragedy of Vietnam. A former Vice Premier and Defense Minister, he writes from the heart and mind of a South Vietnamese who lived through those desperate times.
For Americans, Vietnam recalls the nightmare of 56,000 dead, 200,000 wounded, two long decades of internal division, and $150 million in taxpayers' money.
For the Vietnamese, it was a gloomy procession of one and a half million dead, two million orphans, three million disabled veterans, four million mental patients, and a million prostitutes and drug addicts. Even these staggering figures are dwarfed by the enormity of the Communist takeover and their loss of freedom.
Here for the first time is the inside story of Vietnam, from the debacle at Dien Bien Phu to U.S. abandonment of a troublesome ally. With compelling honesty, the author reveals the corruption in government, the greed of officials and their wives, the basic inefficiency, the favoritism. His intimate reminiscenses portray the behind-the-scenes activities of the leading participants – Big Minh, the ruling families, Bao Dai, Ambassador Lodge. Especially revealing are the details of the coup d'etat which overthrew Ngo Dinh Diem and the true story of the deaths of Diem and his brother, Ngo Dinh Nhu.
Our Endless War is indispensable to understanding the paradox of Vietnam. Written by a man who combines a great love for his country with an excellent memory of the events that shaped Vietnam's fate, it is a painful backward look at a nation in the throes of a desperate, and doomed, struggle for survival.
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