The Vietnamese Experience in America

by Paul James Rutledge

Book Overview

This concise interpretation of the Vietnamese experience in America begins with the fall of Saigon in 1975, when enormous waves of refugees fled Vietnam. It graphically details their flight to asylum countries in Asia and then to the United States. Based in part on firsthand interviews, the book recounts vivid stories of the horror of getting out of Vietnam and the difficulties of starting over in a new country. It emphasizes the resettlement process...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253207118
• ISBN13: 9780253207111
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher