Last Night I Dreamed of Peace

Informationen zum Autor Dang Thuy Tram was the daughter of a prosperous family of doctors. In 1967, at the age of 24, she volunteered to serve as a doctor in a Vietcong battlefield hospital in the Quan Ngai Province. From 1968 to 1970 she kept a diary recording her experiences of the conflict in compelling and honest terms. She was killed by American forces in 1970. Klappentext A diary kept by a 27-year-old Vietnamese doctor who was killed by the Americans during the Vietnam War, while trying to defend her patients. It shows the diarist as a vibrant human being, a poetic longing for love, trying hard to be worthy of the Communist Party and doing her best to look after her patients under appalling conditions. Zusammenfassung A diary kept by a 27-year-old Vietnamese doctor who was killed by the Americans during the Vietnam War, while trying to defend her patients. It shows the diarist as a vibrant human being, a poetic longing for love, trying hard to be worthy of the Communist Party and doing her best to look after her patients under appalling conditions.

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An extraordinary Vietnam War diary from 'The Vietnamese Anne Frank', now in paperback

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A diary kept by a 27-year-old Vietnamese doctor who was killed by the Americans during the Vietnam War, while trying to defend her patients. It shows the diarist as a vibrant human being, a poetic longing for love, trying hard to be worthy of the Communist Party and doing her best to look after her patients under appalling conditions.