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Work InformationDeath in the Rice Fields: Thirty Years of War in Indochina by Peter Scholl-Latour
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A German journalist writes about his experiences in Indochina (North/South Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and China) from 1945 to 1979 when the book was published. He divides the book into the first, second and third Indochina Wars. The first being the French, the second (incorrectly in my opinion) the American and the third is the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia and the resulting war between Vietnam and China. His long experience gives a good perspective on the period and he has some interesting insights. It is also a good read with the chapters being of a good size. ( ) no reviews | add a review
For over thirty years, the world's ideologies have been fought out in the ricefields and jungles, the towns and cities of Indochina. In this remarkable eye-witness account the author has condensed all his experiences and observations of those wars into a series of graphic images. Sights, sounds, and smells come alive in a vivid recreation of one of the most tragic battlegrounds of modern history. The author, a TV reporter and journalist, has a unique knowledge of this troubled area having visited it many times while covering three successive wars - the war against French colonialism, the American involvement in Vietnam, and the final devastation of Kampuchea, as the French, the Americans and the Khmer Rouge have each in turn tried to impose their own version of freedom upon others by force. This is a major new account of the most important area of conflict in modern times. No library descriptions found. |
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