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Those who stayed : a Vietnam diary / Claudia Krich.
LIBRA DS559.63 .K75 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Krich, Claudia, 1948- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Humanitarian aid workers--Vietnam--Diaries.
- Humanitarian aid workers.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Civilian relief.
- Humanitarian assistance, American--Vietnam--History.
- Humanitarian assistance, American.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Women--United States--Biography.
- Krich, Claudia, 1948---Diaries.
- Krich, Claudia.
- American Friends Service Committee--Biography.
- American Friends Service Committee.
- Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)--History.
- Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam).
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 265 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "This memoir is based on the detailed journal Claudia Krich, a U.S. aid worker, kept during the North Vietnamese capture of Saigon in 1975. A co-director of an American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) humanitarian program, Krich was one of only three American women to remain in Saigon after the U.S. withdrawal, and readers glean insights into what happened in Saigon in the first days and months after the Americans had left Saigon and the North Vietnamese swiftly established their regime. Her narrative is supplemented by historical and personal reflections penned by American and Vietnamese contemporaries"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prologue : Before Sài Gòn
- Increasing Tensions
- Fear and Panic
- Liberation, or The Fall of Việt Nam
- Changing Flags
- The First Few Days
- Yé̂n Is in Charge
- Getting Organized
- We Are Detained, and Other Events
- Changes, Changes
- Celebrations
- Interesting Characters
- Hò̂ Chí Minh's Birthday
- Day by Day
- Tiger Cages and Politics
- Adjusting and Adapting
- Immunizations and Red Tape
- "Rockets" and News
- A Culture of Visiting
- Yes, I Am
- Chị Mai, Yé̂n, and Dung
- The Future
- We're Leaving
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Krich, Claudia, 1948- Those who stayed
- ISBN:
- 9780813952352
- 0813952352
- OCLC:
- 1451665649
- Publisher Number:
- 90101138875
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