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Voices from the Plain of Jars : life under an air war / edited by Fred Branfman ; with essays and drawing by Laotian Villagers ; [foreword by Alfred W. McCoy].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies.
- New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Aerial operations, American.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Laos--Jars, Plain of.
- Jars, Plain of (Laos).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (197 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- During the Vietnam War the United States government waged a massive, secret air war in neighboring Laos. Two million tons of bombs were dropped on one million people. Fred Branfman, an educational advisor living in Laos at the time, interviewed over 1, 000 Laotian survivors. Shocked by what he heard and saw, he urged them to record their experiences in essays, poems, and pictures. Voices from the Plain of Jars was the result of that effort. When first published in 1972, this book was instrumental in exposing the bombing. In this expanded edition, Branfman follows the story forward in time, describing the hardships that Laotians faced after the war when they returned to find their farm fields littered with cluster munitions-explosives that continue to maim and kill today.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Foreword: Reflections on History's Largest Air War by Alfred W. McCoy""; ""Textual Note""; ""Introduction: Laos and the Advent of Automated War""; ""Voices from the Plain of Jars ""; ""Epilogue: After the War Ended, 1975 - Present ""; ""Appendix 1. Complete Text and Supporting Documents of USIS Refugee Survey as Obtained by Congressman McCloskey ""; ""Appendix 2. A Survey of Civilian Casualties among Refugees from the Plain of Jars, Laos, by Walter M. Haney ""
- Notes:
- Previous ed.: New York : Harper & Row, 1972.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780299292232
- 0299292231
- OCLC:
- 841912702
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