Refugee workers in the Indochina exodus, 1975-1982 / Larry Clinton Thompson
- Bib ID:
- 4900770
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Thompson, Larry Clinton, 1941-
- Description:
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- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2010
- vii, 275 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780786445295
- 0786445297
- Summary:
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"This work focuses on the refugee crisis and the American aid workers--a crew of malcontents and mavericks from the State Department, military, USAID, CIA, and the Peace Corps--who took on the task of helping those most impacted by the Vietnam War. Experts in Southeast Asia, its languages, cultures and people, they saved thousands of lives"--Provided by publisher.
- Full contents:
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- The dominos begin to fall
- Saigon: April 1975
- Cambodia: April 1975
- The Hmong escape Laos
- Guam: halfway to America
- Resettlement
- Indochinese refugees in America
- Leftover refugees in Thailand
- Before the deluge
- Cambodia: holocaust denial
- Indochina: the perpetual war
- The boat people come ashore
- Solving the boat people crisis
- The push back at Preah Vihear
- Sa Kaeo and Khao I Dang holding centers
- The land bridge and Cambodian famine
- Being a refugee
- The end of the beginning.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-268) and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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