Last Night I Dreamt of Peace

Informationen zum Autor Dang Thuy Tram was the daughter of a prosperous family of doctors. In 1967, at the age of 24, she volunteered to serve as a doctor in a Vietcong battlefield hospital in the Quan Ngai Province. From 1968 to 1970 she kept a diary recording her experiences of the conflict in compelling and honest terms. She was killed by American forces in 1970. Klappentext A diary kept by a 27-year-old Vietnamese doctor who was killed by the Americans during the Vietnam War, while trying to defend her patients. It shows the diarist as a vibrant human being, a poetic longing for love, trying hard to be worthy of the Communist Party and doing her best to look after her patients under appalling conditions. Zusammenfassung A diary kept by a 27-year-old Vietnamese doctor who was killed by the Americans during the Vietnam War, while trying to defend her patients. It shows the diarist as a vibrant human being, a poetic longing for love, trying hard to be worthy of the Communist Party and doing her best to look after her patients under appalling conditions.

Product details

• Authors: Dang Thuy Tram, Tram Dang Thuy
• Publisher: Rider
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.01.2009
• EAN: 9781846040764
• ISBN: 978-1-84604-076-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Vietnam, HISTORY / Military / Vietnam War, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Modern warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Specific wars and campaigns, c 1955 to c 1975 (Vietnam War period), Vietnam War