In 1936, Ngo Van was captured, imprisoned, and tortured in the
dreaded Maison Centrale prison in Saigon for his part in the
struggle to free Vietnam from French colonial rule. Five years
later, Vietnamese independence was won, and Van found himself
imprisoned and abused once more--this time by the Stalinist freedom
fighter Ho Chi Minh. Five years after that, Van was in Paris,
working with the surrealists.
"In the Crossfire" documents Ngo Van's incredible life in
Vietnam during the two world wars, and his subsequent years spent
in the midst of the Parisian intelligentsia. This is the first
English translation
""In the Crossfire" is a story that is so many things: a tale of
personal courage, despair and hope; a piece of political history
that is both a document of revolution and betrayal. Like so much of
the struggle against colonialism, for every victory there seems to
be a defeat. Yet, history moves forward because, as Van makes
clear, people make it move forward."--Ron Jacobs, author of "The
Way the Wind Blew: A History of the Weather Underground"
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