Vietnamese-American Catholics (Pastoral Spirituality Series)
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: November 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 141
ISBN-13: 9780809143528
Subjects: Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Inspirational - Catholic; Christianity - Pastoral Ministry; Religion; Religion - Catholicism; Vietnamese American Catholics; Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies; USA; Christian Life - Inspirational - Catholic; Christianity - Catholic; Christianity - Pastoral Counseling; Christian Ministry - Counseling & Recovery; Christian Ministry - Pastoral Resources; Catholic Church; Church work with immigrants; United States
First sentence: The involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War, a twenty-year-long (1955-75) armed struggle between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (Communist North Vietnam) and the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), and its eventual defeatthe first ever in its historymade Vietnam a household word and even a battle cry for many Americans.