{"product_id":"a-gift-of-barbed-wire-9780295998190","title":"A Gift of Barbed Wire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Gift of Barbed Wire is a penetrating look at the lives of South Vietnamese officials and their families left behind in Vietnam after the fall of Saigon in 1975. A former Marine who served in Vietnam, Robert McKelvey went on to practice psychiatry and, through his work in refugee camps and U.S. social service organizations, met South Vietnamese men from all walks of life who had been imprisoned in re-education camps immediately after the war. McKelvey's interviews with these former political prisoners, their wives, and their children reveal the devastating, long-term impact of their incarceration.   From the early years in French colonial Vietnam through the Vietnam War, from postwar ordeals of re-education camps, social ostracism, and poverty to eventual emigration to the United States, this collection of narratives provides broad and highly personal accounts of individuals and families evolving against the backdrop of war and vast social change.   Some of the people interviewed for \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart One | Former Political Prisoners\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Doctor\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Engineer\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Tailor\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Spy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two | Former Political Prisoners and Their Families\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Pilot\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Pilot's Wife\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Pilot's Daughter\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Teacher\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Teacher's Wife\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Politician\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Politician's Wife\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Politician's Son\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Politician's Grandson\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Politician's Daughter-in-Law\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400936661335,"sku":"9780295998190","price":107.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-gift-of-barbed-wire-9780295998190","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}