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- catalog abstract ""A Gift of Barbed Wire is a penetrating look at the lives of South Vietnamese officials and their families left behind in Vietnam after the fall of Saigon in 1975." "Some of the people interviewed for the book eventually reached the United States as boat people fleeing Vietnam in unsafe vessels; others arrived, after rigorous screening, through U.S. Government-sponsored programs. But even in the safety of the United States they had to begin anew, devoting all of their remaining energies to survival."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12585772.
- catalog coverage "Vietnam Politics and government 1975-".
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""A Gift of Barbed Wire is a penetrating look at the lives of South Vietnamese officials and their families left behind in Vietnam after the fall of Saigon in 1975." "Some of the people interviewed for the book eventually reached the United States as boat people fleeing Vietnam in unsafe vessels; others arrived, after rigorous screening, through U.S. Government-sponsored programs. But even in the safety of the United States they had to begin anew, devoting all of their remaining energies to survival."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Former Political Prisoners -- The Doctor -- The Engineer -- The Tailor -- The Spy -- Former Political Prisoners and Their Families -- The Pilot -- The Pilot's Wife -- The Pilot's Daughter -- The Teacher -- The Teacher's Wife -- The Politician -- The Politician's Wife -- The Politician's Son -- The Politician's Grandson -- The Politician's Daughter-in-Law.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-249) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxii, 266 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0295982241 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "029598225X (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Seattle : University of Washington Press,".
- catalog spatial "Vietnam Politics and government 1975-".
- catalog spatial "Vietnam.".
- catalog subject "959.704/4 21".
- catalog subject "HV8964.V5 M35 2002".
- catalog subject "Political prisoners Vietnam.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Former Political Prisoners -- The Doctor -- The Engineer -- The Tailor -- The Spy -- Former Political Prisoners and Their Families -- The Pilot -- The Pilot's Wife -- The Pilot's Daughter -- The Teacher -- The Teacher's Wife -- The Politician -- The Politician's Wife -- The Politician's Son -- The Politician's Grandson -- The Politician's Daughter-in-Law.".
- catalog title "A gift of barbed wire : America's allies abandoned in South Vietnam / Robert S. McKelvey.".
- catalog type "text".