VIETNAM FULL CIRCLE

ISBN: 9780578432458 Géneros: Sinópsis: The immigration officer at the airport in Saigon slid my passport over the scanner at his desk After consulting his monitor he remarked in English 39Welcome back Lieutenant39 I answered in Vietnamese 39Thank you Captain39 Our eyes met He dipped his head and smiled I entered his country stamped passport in hand exhilarated at what lay ahead Vietnam Full CircleForty years after serving as the only American combat adviser in a 500man Vietnamese infantry battalion Dockery returns to Vietnam as a volunteer Living for a decade in Saigon he works with clergy students street children and Vietnamese veterans gaining striking insights into how both he and Vietnam have transformed since the warIn clear polished prose Vietnam Full Circle builds on Dockery39s previous book Lost in Translation Random House 2003 which detailed his time as a 23yearold in the war Now returning to Vietnam as a man in his 6039s Dockery39s unique perspective allows him to see the ways that ancient customs and modern practices as well as NorthSouth animosities have forged the cultural economic and political landscape of the country as it is today With a keen eye a sense of humor and an inquisitive outlook Dockery builds a life in the very place he39d long ago left behind Appreciating anew the heart and soul of its people he discovers that it39s never too late in life to fall in love