Review
Robert Templer's account of Vietnam is well written, and has a richness of detail and a healthy scepticism of the rapacious and unshackled form of 19th-century capitalism that exists in the country today. Stories abound: the rive-gauche, beret-sporting artist who earns $2000 a month selling hammer-and-sickle signs as well as other communist regalia; the 20,000 women named 'Heroic Mothers', a title earned by losing their children in the wars that have blighted Vietnam since 1945. As one lady commented, it was an honour 'that you don't go looking to win'. An excellent book. (Kirkus UK)
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For many people, Vietnam remains a war not a country. This text explores the country behind the myths and images, looking at Vietnam's literature, history, art and architecture, politics, religion and food. The author shows the emerging popular culture and the Vietnamese at home and overseas.
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