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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781184203321

Autore

Sachs Dana

Titolo

The life we were given [[electronic resource] ] : Operation Babylift, international adoption, and the children of war in Vietnam / / Dana Sachs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Beacon Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8070-4242-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Disciplina

959.704/3086914

Soggetti

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Children

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Refugees

Airlift, Military - Vietnam - History - 20th century

Children and war - Vietnam - History - 20th century

Refugee children - Vietnam - History - 20th century

Orphans - Vietnam - History - 20th century

Intercountry adoption - Vietnam - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Where they came from -- All Americans go home now -- A sea of human need -- If you are out there, we love you and we are looking for you -- Lost in the shuffle -- Standing on two legs -- Good intentions -- Mementoes and scars -- Ships to parents : severe orphan syndrome -- There was no one to take care of them -- Photographs and fires and rage -- I wanted to see what peace was like -- Hesitation and resignation -- Resources -- Baby in a burning building -- Belonging.

Sommario/riassunto

Describes the history of Operation Babylift, the U.S. government's plan to airlift 3,000 displaced Vietnamese children before the fall of Saigon, and examines the lives of the displaced children after the operation.