The Twenty-five Year Century
A South Vietnamese General Remembers the Indochina War to the Fall of Saigon
For Victor Hugo, the nineteenth century could be remembered by only its first two years, which established peace in Europe and France's supremacy on the continent. For Gen. Lam Quang Thi, the twentieth century had only twenty-five years: from 1950 to 1975, during which the Republic of Vietnam and its army grew up and collapsed with the fall of Saigon. This is the story of those twenty-five years.General Thi fought in the Indochina War as a battery commander on the side of the French. When Viet Minh aggression began after the Geneva Accords, he served in the nascent Vietnamese National Army, and his career covers this army's entire lifespan. H…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-57441-143-0
- EAN: 9781574411430
- Produktnummer: 9671272
- Verlag: University of North Texas Press,U.S.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 448 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm 739 g
- Abbildungen: 8 b&w photographs, 16 maps, notes, index
- Gewicht: 739
- Sonstiges: Undergraduate
Über den Autor
LAM QUANG THI was born in the South Vietnamese province of Bac Lieu. He was awarded the Vietnamese National Order, 3rd Degree; the Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with seventeen combat citations; the U.S. Legion of Merit; and the Korean Order of Chung Mu. He currently lives in Milpitas, California.
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