Vietnamerica: The War Comes Home
- ISBN-10
- 156947088X
- ISBN-13
- 9781569470886
- Category
- Family & Relationships
- Pages
- 278
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Soho PressInc
- Author
- Thomas A. Bass
Description
A study of the plight of the Amerasian children, abandoned by their fathers in a xenophobic society that ostracized them, discusses their difficult lives, the impact of the Amerasian Homecoming Act, their repatriation to America, and their struggle in anunfamiliar society
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