The Vietnamese American 1.5 Generation: Stories of War, Revolution, Flight and New Beginnings
The conflict that Americans call the "Vietnam War" was only one of many incursions into Vietnam by foreign powers. However, it has had a profound effect on the Vietnamese people who left their homeland in the years following the fall of Saigon in 1975. Collected here are fifteen first-person narratives written by refugees who left Vietnam as children and later enrolled as students at the University of California, where they studied with the well-known scholar and teacher Sucheng Chan. She has...
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The conflict that Americans call the "Vietnam War" was only one of many incursions into Vietnam by foreign powers. However, it has had a profound effect on the Vietnamese people who left their homeland in the years following the fall of Saigon in 1975. Collected here are fifteen first-person narratives written by refugees who left Vietnam as children and later enrolled as students at the University of California, where they studied with the well-known scholar and teacher Sucheng Chan. She has provided a comprehensive introduction to their autobiographical accounts, which succinctly encompasses more than a thousand years of Vietnamese history. The volume concludes with a thorough bibliography and videography compiled by the editor. While the volume is designed specifically for today's college students, its compelling stories and useful history will appeal to all readers who want to know more about Vietnam and especially about the fates of children who emigrated to the U.S.
Pt. IHistorical overviewCh. 1Vietnam before the mid-nineteenth century3Ch. 2French colonial rule and Vietnamese resistance12Ch. 3Communism and nationalism20Ch. 4The 1945 August revolution28Ch. 5The first Indochina war35Ch. 6The American involvement in Vietnam44Ch. 7The fall of Saigon and its aftermath57Ch. 8The plight of the ethnic Chinese in Vietnam71Ch. 9An international refugee crisis78Ch. 10Ending the Indochinese refugee exodus86Pt. IIStories of war, revolution, flight, and new beginningsCh. 11A tragedy : from Vietnam to America99Ch. 12A journey called freedom116Ch. 13My autobiography127Ch. 14How it feels to be an Asian American136Ch. 15Integrity through change143Ch. 16A place to call home152Ch. 17The coming of age of a Chinese-Vietnamese American158Ch. 18My father and I171Ch. 19The pain in my heart181Ch. 20The never-ending struggle190Ch. 21An unfinished journey198Ch. 22From Vietnam to Germany to the United States207Ch. 23Vietnam memories in America219Ch. 24My transition to being an Asian American228Ch. 25At that time in my life241
