Death in the ricefields : thirty years of war in Indochina /

Death in the ricefields : thirty years of war in Indochina /

A noted West German television newscaster provides an eyewitness account of Vietnam's three successive wars--the war against French colonialism, the American involvement and the final devastation of Kampuchea.

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Scholl-Latour, Peter (συγγραφέας.)
Μορφή: Βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: London : Orbis, 1981.
Θέματα:
Ινδοκίνα > Ιστορία > 1945-
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Foreword
  • By way of a Preface
  • Gloom over Saigon
  • Ho Chi Minh City, August 1976
  • THE FIRST INDOCHINESE WAR
  • Τhe French
  • 'You are going the wrong way!': on board the Andus, Winter 1945
  • Buddha astride the tiger: Cochin China, Spring 1946
  • Uncle Ho's pact with the French: Haiphong, Spring 1946
  • The changing face of the war: Saigon, Spring 1951
  • The arrival of the aristocrat: Hanoi, Spring 1951
  • The fighting bishop: Phat Diem, 1951
  • Crossing the Chinese border: Lai Chau, 1951
  • The aftermath of Dien Bien Phu: Hanoi, Summer 1954
  • A visit to an outpost: Son Tay, Summer 1954
  • Machine-guns in the ricefield: Route 10, Summer 1954
  • The last engagement: Hung Yen, July 1954
  • An exchange of prisoners: Hai Thon, Summer 1954
  • Flight across the 17th parallel: on the road from Hanoi to Saigon, Summer 1954
  • Prelude to a new tragedy: Saigon, Summer 1954
  • THE SECOND INDOCHINESE WAR: the Americans:
  • The Khmer smile: Cambodia, Spring 1965
  • War, American style: Vietnam, Spring 1965
  • Night patrol with the Marines: Vietnam, the 17th parallel, Autumn 1966
  • Victor Charlie keeps a low profile: the Kim Son Valley, Autumn 1966
  • The Manila Summit: Manila, Autumn 1966
  • Remembrance of things past: Laos, Autumn 1966
  • 'Destroyed in order to be saved': Vietnam, Autumn 1967
  • Ready for the revolution: Cambodia, Spring 1970
  • Dispersal and flight: Hue, Easter 1972
  • The Vietnamization of the coffins: Saigon, Spring 1972
  • Secret agents and opium smugglers: the Golden Triangle, Summer 1973
  • Pol Pot at the gates: Cambodia, August 1973
  • Prisoner of the Viet Cong: South Vietnam, August 1973
  • Troubled dreams in Bali: Bali, March 1975
  • The last days of Saigon: Saigon, April 1975
  • Indochina, mon amour: on the flight home, 26 April 1975
  • THE THIRD INDOCHINESE WAR: the Chinese
  • Re-education and realignment: Ho Chi Minh City, August 1976
  • The Sparta on the banks of the Red River: Hanoi, August 1976
  • The enemy from the north: the northern border of Vietnam, August 1976
  • Scorpions in a bottle: Hanoi, August 1976
  • Earthquake in China: Peking, late August 1976
  • Conflict in Cambodia: the Thailand-Cambodia border, February 1979
  • Holding the Vietnamese tiger by the tail: Bangkok, February 1979
  • Reinforcements for the Khmer Rouge: Kyon Yai, late February 1979
  • Monks and cocktails in communist Laos: Vietiane, March 1979
  • The deserted royal way: Pakse, March 1979
  • Crisis on the Mekong: Vientaine, March 1979
  • Mulling over the war: Hong Kong, March 1979
  • The dragon and the polar bear: Peking, March 1979
  • Sihanouk's guest: Peking, March 1979
  • Wall-posters and western fashions: Peking, March 1979
  • The wheel turns full circle: Kunming, March 1979
  • Companions for thirty years: Pan Qi, March 1979
  • Marx and Mohammad: Kunming, March 1979
  • Epilogue in Europe: Paris-Bonn, August 1979
  • Chronology.

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