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- Surviving Twice: Amerasian Children of the Vietnam War
- Book
- 2005
- Published by: University of Nebraska Press
summary
Surviving Twice is the story of five Vietnamese Amerasians born during the Vietnam War to American soldiers and Vietnamese mothers. Unfortunately, they were not among the few thousand Amerasian children who came to the United States before the warÆs end and grew up as Americans, speaking English and attending American schools. Instead, this group of Amerasians faced much more formidable obstacles, both in Vietnam and in their new home.
Surviving Twice raises significant questions about how mixed-race children born of wars and occupations are treated and the ways in which the shifting laws, policies, social attitudes, and bureaucratic red tape of two nations affect them their entire lives.
Surviving Twice raises significant questions about how mixed-race children born of wars and occupations are treated and the ways in which the shifting laws, policies, social attitudes, and bureaucratic red tape of two nations affect them their entire lives.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xv-xvi
- 1 Meeting the Amerasians
- pp. 1-15
- 5 Turning from Dust to Gold, 1988–93
- pp. 97-123
- 6 Following Their American Dream, 1988–93
- pp. 124-142
- 8 Shattered Dreams
- pp. 171-194
- 9 The Amerasians’ Second Struggle to Survive
- pp. 195-221
- 11 The Amerasians Today
- pp. 241-266
- Epilogue: When Does a War End?
- pp. 267-274
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 275-284
- About the Author
- p. 303
Additional Information
ISBN
9781612342955
Related ISBN(s)
9781574888645
MARC Record
OCLC
649971362
Pages
336
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No