{"product_id":"the-world-looked-away-dave-bushy-9781480852372","title":"The World Looked Away: Vietnam After the War","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat happened to the people who remained in the former South Vietnam after the war ended in April 1975? Few of us know.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe war-weary United States had turned its attention away from the region, and the Communist leadership closed Vietnam to Western journalists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than a decade, little was heard, but retribution against the South Vietnamese was swift and unending. Hundreds of thousands of former South Vietnamese military officers were sent to Reeducation Camps. Expecting a confinement of just ten days, most were incarcerated for years, suffering brutality, starvation and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe families of prisoners had property and savings confiscated. They were denied jobs and medical care. They lived in poverty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUltimately, nearly a million \"Boat People\" chose to escape Vietnam by sea, taking their chances in fragile overcrowded vessels. Thousands died at the hands of pirates and the unforgiving ocean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the true story of Quoc Pham, a former South Vietnamese naval officer, and his wife Kim-Cuong. It tells of the love between a man and a woman and their courage in the face of hopelessness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a story of a people - of what happened in Vietnam while the world looked away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dave Bushy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1480852376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781480852372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Archway Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 442\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13d","brand":"Dave Bushy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44123958640895,"sku":"9781480852372","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aea873dd-3808-4120-9419-08916fd16d2d.jpg?v=1687433907","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-world-looked-away-dave-bushy-9781480852372","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}