Southern Voices: Biet Dong and the National Liberation Front Dedrick Michael Robert
Southern Voices: Biet Dong and the National Liberation Front Dedrick Michael Robert Southern Voices: Biet Dong and the National Liberation Front presents oral histories from former members of an…
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Southern Voices: Biet Dong and the National Liberation Front Dedrick Michael Robert
Southern Voices: Biet Dong and the National Liberation Front presents oral histories from former members of an elite squad of Viet Cong operatives, focusing on their experiences during what is known, in Vietnam, as the American War. Best known for their role in the 1968 Tet Offensive, the Biet Dong in the south were organized units hiding in plain sight. Author Michael Robert Dedrick conducted interviews with eight former Biet Dong (the equivalent of Ranger or Special Forces divisions in the US military) and sheds new light on this clandestine group.
They were highly patriotic, politically motivated, and very secretive, operating in three-person cells under aliases. Members included farmers, tradespeople, agents, spies, monks, students, intellectuals, and journalists-both young and old, men and women. Their voices and experiences emerge in this bilingual volume. In recent