Stories about War & Conflict in Hanoi
A day visiting Uncle Ho and my new Hanoi familyDavid Calleja - davidcalleja [1,448] One morning I woke up and decided to pay my respects to Ho Chi Minh, the revered father of modern Vietnam. By the day's end, I took away more treasures from the people of Hanoi.
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Hanoi |
Vietnam
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War Not Over for Children of Agent OrangeSteven K. Bailey - sbailey [7,770] Brainchild of American vet George Minzo, the Vietnam Friendship Village Project outside Hanoi offers food, shelter and medical care to impoverished children suffering from health problems related to Agent Orange.
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Hanoi |
Vietnam
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The Giant and the Pissant: A Fairy TaleKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644] Review of Stanley Karnow's Vietnam: A History, Penguin Books, 1997.
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Ho Chi Minh City |
Hanoi |
Vietnam
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Strife from Without and Within: Two Novels by Duong Thu HuongKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644] "Those American bastards!" Rarely does one come across an exclamation like this, especially in so revered a Western institution as the Penguin book. But it forms a kind of refrain in Duong Thu Huong's...
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Hanoi |
Vietnam
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Beyond the Sorrow of WarKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644] A man volunteers to fight a war ostensibly to defend his country against foreign invasion. He abandons his lover and spends years plodding through the jungle where everything dies. "No jungle grew...
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Hanoi |
Vietnam
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"Happy" BuddhaJames Murtaugh - JMurtaugh [3,169] A "Happy" Buddha charm from Vietnam...
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Hanoi |
Vietnam
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The Vietnam War on FilmThingsAsian - ta [3,710] * * * * * Apocalypse Now Redux (1979/2001), 197 min Directed by Francis Ford Coppola With Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, and Laurence Fishburne Francis Ford Coppola's expansive revision of his visually...
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Hanoi |
Vietnam
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Le Mal JauneKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644] Although the term Indochina is an arbitrary one, employed by the French to encompass their possessions of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, there are several things that these very different and often...
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Phnom Penh |
Hanoi |
Vientiane |
Cambodia |
Laos |
Indochina |
Vietnam |
Mekong River
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Vietnam's Rural TransformationThingsAsian Booklist - tab [1,449] Title: Vietnam's Rural Transformation. Editors: Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet and Doug J. Porter. Publisher: Westview Press (1995) ISBN: 9813055006 Details: paperback, 5 3/4" x 9", 251 pages, maps. * * *...
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Vietnam
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From Hanoi to HollywoodThingsAsian - ta [3,710] * * * * * BAMcinématek Presents From Hanoi to Hollywood: The Vietnam War on Film Featuring Works on Film and Video Nov 1-30, 2002 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Series curated and program notes...
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