Name: In the Crossfire
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Author: Ngo Van
ISBN: 9781849350136

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Publisher

Ak Press

Author

Ngo Van

Year

2010

Language

English

Pages

320

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781849350136

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9781849350136

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Synopsis "In the Crossfire "

In 1936, Ngo Van was captured, imprisoned, and tortured in the dreaded Maison Centrale prison in Saigon for his part in the struggle to free Vietnam from French colonial rule. Five years later, Vietnamese independence was won, and Van found himself imprisoned and abused once more?this time by the Stalinist freedom fighter Ho Chi Minh. Five years after that, Van was in Paris, working with the surrealists.In the Crossfire documents Ngo Van's incredible life in Vietnam during the two world wars, and his subsequent years spent in the midst of the Parisian intelligentsia. This is the first English translation!"In the Crossfire is a story that is so many things: a tale of personal courage, despair and hope; a piece of political history that is both a document of revolution and betrayal. Like so much of the struggle against colonialism, for every victory there seems to be a defeat. Yet, history moves forward because, as Van makes clear, people make it move forward."Ron Jacobs, author of The Way the Wind Blew: A History of the Weather Underground

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