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This book gathers the testimony of seventy eyewitnesses, including students, TV media figures, Vietnamese generals, pilots, and numerous others to provide a harrowing, first-hand account of a major event in modern history: the fall ofSaigon. 30 halftones.
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Title: Tears Before The Rain, An oral history of the fall of South Vietnam Author: Larry Engelmann
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Publication Date: 1997
Size: 8.00 x 5.00 x 1.00
Book Condition: Near As New. Glossy pohoto wraps. Binding is tight, pages clean and unmarked. Illustrated. Dust Jacket: VG+. Rubbing to rear panel, small indentation with slight transfer to rear board.
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TEARS BEFORE THE RAIN
An Oral History of the Fall of South Vietnam
by Larry Engelmann with a new postscript
“Harrowing, heartrending and bitter by turns, these recollections by 75 eyewitnesses form a tragic epic of a country in the throes of violent death. .. . A moving collection of painful memories.” —Publishers Weekly
“In the ever-expanding library of literature coming out of Vietnam, Tears Before the Rain may be the saddest book of all.” —San Francisco Examiner
“A gripping oral history of a debacle we’re still learning from—history at its most enlightening.”—Oliver Stone
‘These pages alternately bristle, bleed, seethe and explode. This document may become one of the most valuable of its kind.”—Houston Chronicle
“This book gives us one of the clearest pictures yet of what the Vietnam War and its loss were all about.”—Chicago Tribune
In this stunning history, soldiers and civilians, both American and Vietnamese, tell what it was like in the spring of 1975 as Hanoi carried out its final, successful offensive against the Republic of Vietnam. Generals, ambassadors, pilots, Marines, politicians, doctors, seamen, flight attendants, journalists, children, and even Vietcong soldiers describe the growing demoralization, panic, and chaos as the collapse gained momentum. American survivors recall with raw emotions the escape of the last airliner out of Danang, the chilling helicopter airlift from the U.S. embassy roof in Saigon, and the painful abandonment of their South Vietnamese allies. Former boat people relate their hair-raising encounters with Thai pirates; and in a new postscript, an American government official describes the resettlement of 130,000 Vietnamese refugees in America over the ensuing months. Touching, heroic, and unforgettable, these dramatic narratives illuminate the closing act of one of the central events of modern history.
Larry Engelmann lives in San Jose, California. He is the author of three books, and his stories have appeared in prominent magazines nationwide. He is currently writing a book on a group of women intelligence officers in the Peoples Liberation Army of China.
Cover photo: Vietnamese boat people on the South China Sea (authors collection)
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