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The life we were given : Operation Babylift, international adoption, and the children of war in Vietnam / Dana Sachs.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Sachs, Dana.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Children.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Refugees.
Airlift, Military--Vietnam--History--20th century.
Airlift, Military.
Children and war--Vietnam--History--20th century.
Children and war.
Refugee children--Vietnam--History--20th century.
Refugee children.
Orphans--Vietnam--History--20th century.
Orphans.
Intercountry adoption--Vietnam--History--20th century.
Intercountry adoption.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (280 p.)
Place of Publication:
Boston : Beacon Press, c2010.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Describes the history of Operation Babylift, the U.S. government's plan to airlift 3,000 displaced Vietnamese children before the fall of Saigon, and examines the lives of the displaced children after the operation.
Contents:
Where they came from
All Americans go home now
A sea of human need
If you are out there, we love you and we are looking for you
Lost in the shuffle
Standing on two legs
Good intentions
Mementoes and scars
Ships to parents : severe orphan syndrome
There was no one to take care of them
Photographs and fires and rage
I wanted to see what peace was like
Hesitation and resignation
Resources
Baby in a burning building
Belonging.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-8070-4242-0
OCLC:
607554804

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