This book, first published in 1991, attempts to combine a broad understanding of the background to the conflict in Vietnamese and world history with detailed ma

What happened to the people who remained in the former South Vietnam after the war ended in April 1975? Few of us know. The war-weary United States had turned i

In this anthology, Vietnamese writers describe their experience of what they call the American War and its lasting legacy through the lens of their own vital ar

"To Bear Any Burden is necessary to understand the most significant aspect of the Indochina wars: the human one." —Tran Van Dinh, author of Blue Dragon White

"An absorbing and moving autobiography...An important addition not only to the literature of Vietnam but to the larger human story of hope, violence and disillu