Refugee workers in the Indochina exodus, 1975-1982
By: Larry Clinton Thompson
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780786445295
Description: "This work focuses on the refugee crisis and the American aid workers--a crew of malcontents and mavericks from the State Department, military, USAID, CIA, and the Peace Corps--who took on the task of helping those most impacted by the Vietnam War. Experts in Southeast Asia, its languages, cultures and people, they saved thousands of lives"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The dominos begin to fall; title: Saigon: April 1975; title: Cambodia: April 1975; title: The Hmong escape Laos; title: Guam: halfway to America; title: Resettlement; title: Indochinese refugees in America; title: Leftover refugees in Thailand; title: Before the deluge; title: Cambodia: holocaust denial; title: Indochina: the perpetual war; title: The boat people come ashore; title: Solving the boat people crisis; title: The push back at Preah Vihear; title: Sa Kaeo and Khao I Dang holding centers; title: The land bridge and Cambodian famine; title: Being a refugee; title: The end of the beginning.