The Bamboo Gulag: Political Imprisonment in Communist Vietnam

by Nghia M. Vo

This comprehensive review of the gulag system instituted in communist Vietnam explores the three-pronged approach that was used to convert the rebellious South into a full-fledged communist country after 1975.

This book attempts to retrace the path of these imprisoned people from the last months of the war to their escape from Vietnam and explores the emotions that gripped them throughout their stay in the camps. Individual reactions to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786417145
• ISBN13: 9780786417148
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher