Vietnamese women at war : fighting for Ho Chi Minh and the revolution
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Vietnamese women at war : fighting for Ho Chi Minh and the revolution
（Modern war studies）
University Press of Kansas, c1999
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-165) and index
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ISBN 9780700609277
内容説明
For as long as the Vietnamese people fought against foreign enemies, women were a vital part of that struggle. The victory over the French at Dien Bien Phu is said to have involved hundreds of thousands of women, and many of the names in Viet Cong unit rosters were female. These women were living out the ancient saying of their country, "When war comes, even women have to fight". Women from Hanoi and the countryside fought alongside their male counterparts in both the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese military in their wars against the South Vietnamese government and its French and American allies from 1945-1975. Sandra Taylor now draws on interviews with many of these women and on an array of archives to illuminate the motivations, experiences and contributions of these women, presenting not cold facts but real people. These women were the wives, mothers, daughters and sisters of men recruited into military service; and because the war lasted so long, women from more than one generation of the same family often participated in the struggle.
Some learned to fire weapons and lay traps, or to serve as village patrol guards and intelligence agents, others were propagandists and recruiters or helped keep the supply lines flowing. Taylor relates how this war for liberation from foreign oppressors also liberated Vietnamese women from centuries of Confucian influence that had made them second-class citizens. She reveals that communism's promise of freedom from those structures influenced their involvement in the war, and also shares the irony that their sex gave them an advantage in battle or subterfuge over Western opponents blinded by gender stereotypes. As their country continues to modernize, "Vietnamese Women at War" preserves these women's stories before the war fades from memory. By showing that they were not victims of war but active participants, it offers a different perspective on that conflict. It is a study which reveals much about gender roles and cultural differences and reminds us of the ever-present human dimensions of war.
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: pbk ISBN 9780700612567
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It was common knowledge among American soldiers in Vietnam that women were sometimes brave and even ferocious fighters for the North. This text provides vivid accounts of training, deployment, strategy and tactics, propaganda, support services and torture involving women.
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