Two Opposing Sides Of The Vietnam War (soft cover)

Reading HAI BÊN CHI¿N TUY¿N (Two Opposing Sides of The Vietnam War) by Tran Van Khang is like living in the past. The time and space of historical upheavals. Of 1945 with the resistance against the French and the founding of the Viet Minh, the forerunner of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Of 1954 with the Geneva Accords dividing the country and the great migration from North to South. Of 1963 with the collapse of the First Republic of Vietnam in the South. Of April 30, 1975, the day of national humiliation for the losing side in the South, the day of reunification for the winning side in the North. Of the boat people fleeing for freedom that began in the late 1970s, shocking the conscience of the world with the emergence of the term "Boat People". And finally, of the search for some people who had left the country from the mid-1980s.... Trang Chau