I little slave
Subtitle: a prison memoir from communist Laos
By: Bounsang Khamkeo.
Publisher: Eastern Washington University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Spokane, Wash
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
ISBN-13: 9781597660075
Subjects: Khamkeo, Bounsang; Political prisoners -- Laos -- Biography; Laos -- Politics and government -- 1975-
Genres: Biography.
Description: Raised in the hierarchical society of traditional Laos, Bounsang Khamkeo earned his doctorate in political science in France and returned home in 1973 to a country in political chaos in the wake of the Vietnam War. He worked for the government until 1981 before being imprisoned by the communist Pathet Lao government after running afoul of a politically ambitious boss. I Little Slave is the account of his seven-year struggle in prison to stay alive and keep sane in spite of harsh physical privation and endless psychological abuse. Khamkeo's story is a moving and important one at a time when political oppression and crimes against human rights are on the rise throughout the world.
Table of contents: title: Return to Laos; title: Storm in Vientiane; title: Communists in power; title: The Mekong committee; title: The day of my arrest; title: Incarcerated at Vientiane; title: Imprisoned at Red Cliff; title: Slave laborer at Red Cliff; title: Transferred to Sop Hao number 7; title: Slave laborer at Sop Hao number 7; title: The prisoners force a hearing; title: The people's court; title: Released at last; title: Dire warnings; title: Farewell to Laos.