{"product_id":"the-world-looked-away-vietnam-after-the-war-hardcover","title":"The World Looked Away: Vietnam After the War - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDave Bushy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happened to the people who remained in the former South Vietnam after the war ended in April 1975? Few of us know.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe war-weary United States had turned its attention away from the region, and the Communist leadership closed Vietnam to Western journalists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than a decade, little was heard, but retribution against the South Vietnamese was swift and unending. Hundreds of thousands of former South Vietnamese military officers were sent to Reeducation Camps. Expecting a confinement of just ten days, most were incarcerated for years, suffering brutality, starvation and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe families of prisoners had property and savings confiscated. They were denied jobs and medical care. They lived in poverty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUltimately, nearly a million \"Boat People\" chose to escape Vietnam by sea, taking their chances in fragile overcrowded vessels. Thousands died at the hands of pirates and the unforgiving ocean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the true story of Quoc Pham, a former South Vietnamese naval officer, and his wife Kim-Cuong. It tells of the love between a man and a woman and their courage in the face of hopelessness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a story of a people - of what happened in Vietnam while the world looked away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 442\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.13 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 12, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47616261062909,"sku":"9781480852372","price":68.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/TVgvaGFuYmd3dWw4UlRSWG1ZcDZ2UT09.webp?v=1780199701","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-world-looked-away-vietnam-after-the-war-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}