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Vietnam History - Stories Retold For A New Generation - Expanded Edition (Paperback, New)
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Vietnam History - Stories Retold For A New Generation - Expanded Edition (Paperback, New)
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For English readers wishing to learn more about Vietnamese history
and culture, the choices are abundant. However, while countless
memoirs have been written by Americans about their unique
experiences during the Vietnam War, an informative English text
about the History of Vietnam written by Vietnamese-Americans is
still a rare encounter. Able to peruse French, English, and
Vietnamese writings, the authors have committed themselves to
produce a book with abundant illustrations that addresses select
aspects of Vietnamese history and culture for the new generations.
There is no intent to refight old battles or to appeal to cultural
pride, just stories, as unbiased and documented as possible, about
a country and its people that deeply impacted America. Each of the
authors may have shown a certain professional bias. The surgeon
(Dang) uses a more dissecting and analytical approach in his
treatment of complex topics (e.g. reviewing the whole Vietnam
history in one chapter and analyzing the Viet identity in another)
or national heroes (e.g. General Ly Thuong Kiet, author of the
first Vietnamese Declaration of Independence; General Tran Hung
Dao, who vanquished the Mongols; Le Loi in his 10-year struggle
against the Ming occupation army). On the other hand, the
pediatrician (Ho) tends to choose younger, lesser heroes (e.g. Lady
Trieu instead of the famous Trung Sisters), notable either for
their precocity (e.g. Ky Dong who became Gauguin's friend; Cao
Thang who manufactured firearms; Le Quy Don with his presence of
mind and erudition) or their exceptional position at a turning
point of history (e.g. Little Prince Canh who met Thomas Jefferson
and Queen Marie Antoinette in Paris at a period when revolutions
occurred in the US, France and Vietnam; exiled King Duy Tan who
supported Charles de Gaulle and fought as a Major in the Free
French navy during World War II). A few chapters use original
sources: old French documents pertaining to the conditions of
Vietnam when first exposed to the West and the Christian religion
in the 17th century, and when falling prey to French colonialism in
the second half of the 19th century. The book also includes reviews
of Vietnamese Buddhism, traditional medicine, firearms, and
astronomy in the Middle Age. It concludes with an assessment of the
recent adaptation of the Vietnamese diaspora to its new life in
America.
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