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Despite it being almost forty years since American troops left
Vietnam, the American people still regard Vietnam as a war, not a
country. "Same River, Different Water" is not about your
grandfather's war but about the thriving country of today. It is
the true story of a two-tour, wounded combat veteran and his wife,
a former Army nurse, who met in Vietnam during the war and returned
to live in the city of Hue in 2005-06. The memoir connects the past
with the present, amply supported by the author's photographs.
History professors' bookshelves are filled with political and
military tomes about the war, but few of them examine the impact of
the war on Viet Nam's present culture. It is a positive look at the
present, punctuated with glances into the past and filled with
observations of the present-day Vietnamese culture. Its appeal is
to anyone of the Vietnam War generation, whether they served,
waited at home or participated in protests. This book answers the
question "What happened to the people and country that caused so
much angst in the 60s and 70s?" It is an antidote for curious or
embittered veterans who believe the Vietnamese hate us. It is an
update for those whose mental image is of an impoverished country.
It is for academics who wish to have their students gain an insight
into modern Southeast Asia. It is travelers looking for a different
place to go. "Same River, Different Water" includes the words Viet
Nam and Vietnam - one when referring to the country, the other when
referring to the war. The first chapter opens with the negative
reaction the author received from many Vietnam vets when hearing he
was going to live in Viet Nam. The new country, with its
skyscrapers in Saigon, absence of poverty and energetic people is
juxtapositioned with memories of flares in the night sky, noisy
truck convoys and the brutal poverty seen during the war. Memories
are connected to the present as the two returning veterans recall
the beginning of their romance of forty years. "Same River,
Different Water" goes deeper - it leaves the war behind and
examines the challenges of living and working in a very different
culture. The chapter "Don't They Hate Us?" includes the recounting
of lunch at a student's home and discovering that her father had
been a Viet Cong fighter. The book refutes the common feeling among
Americans that the Vietnamese hate us and leaves the reader with a
realization that today's Viet Nam is a robust and growing country.
"Same River, Different Water" is a must for anyone who wants a
complete view of Viet Nam.
There are good dogs. There are great dogs. But maybe once in your
life, if you are lucky, you might encounter a dog that does not fit
either of those descriptions. You can't quite put your finger on
why this dog is different, you just know it is. There is something
so special about this dog that you can feel it in the core of your
being. If someone were to ask you whether he was a good dog, you
might even be at a loss for words. The best you might come up with
is "He's amazing." Not very original, but how do you describe such
an animal. Then, one day, he saves your life. He is your hero. He
is Amir. This book is dedicated to the memory of Amir. It is mostly
about the lessons he was trying to teach me but I was too blind
and/or stubborn to pay attention to them. If I had been paying
attention I would have learned his secrets to a wonderful life much
sooner.
Socialist cities have special qualities which endure in particular,
subtle, and often under-theorized ways. This book engages with
socialism on a global scale, as well as the variety of socialist
urbanisms and post-socialist urbanisms, and the range of ways in
which globalization intersects with changes in socialist and
post-socialist cities. Offering a unique international comparative
focus, the book's fourteen case studies from Asia, Europe, Latin
America, and Africa are grouped under three main themes: housing
experiences and life trajectories, planning and architecture, and
governance and social order. Featuring contributors from a range of
disciplinary backgrounds and research foci, Socialist and
Post-Socialist Urbanisms brings together a collection of essays on
cities that are often overlooked in mainstream urban studies.
Born in Tayport, Fife, on 5 June 1913, Douglas Young was one of the
most charismatic and distinguished Scots of his day. Described by
Nigel Tranter as a 'Poet, scholar, author, linguist, raconteur and
fighter of causes', he was a genuine polymath, an intellectual
giant, and his range of interests was exceptional. A brilliant
Classical scholar, who studied and later taught Latin and Greek, he
had a great facility for languages. Above all he was fluent in
'Lallans' or Lowland Scots, in the tradition of Burns, Scott and
Stevenson. Young was one of the leading 'Scottish Renaissance'
poets or 'neoLallans Makars', and his two notable volumes of his
poetry were Auntran Blads: an outwale of verses (1943) and A Braird
O Thristles (1947), included here. Among the mighty coterie of
post-MacDiarmid makars, Douglas Young stands out as an individual
voice. To their common mission of restoring the Scots tongue as a
fully-developed poetic language, he brings his formidable
erudition, his comprehensive knowledge of Scottish literature of
all periods and his highly-polished prosodic technique. To a
greater degree than almost any of his contemporaries, he succeeds
in integrating words from the mediaeval period, from the era of
Burns and from his own time and place into a consistent idiolect,
which he employs for poetic statements that are often beautiful,
often profound, and always thought-provoking. This new edition of
his poetry will confirm his place as one of the central figures of
the twentieth-century Scottish Renaissance. - J. Derrick McClure
Even in the fifties when I was starting out through university
politics, Douglas Young was a legend. For young minds, his two jail
sentences for refusing conscription were a singular demonstration
of moral courage and he paid the penalty of facing down the
establishment by not being awarded the professorship his talents
deserved. - Gordon Wilson, Former Chairman of the SNP and MP for
Dundee East
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