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A Vietcong Memoir

An Inside Account of the Vietnam War and Its Aftermath

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A Vietcong Memoir

By: Truong Nhu Tang, David Chanoff, Doan Van Toai
Narrated by: Trieu Tran
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When he was a student in Paris, Truong Nhu Tang met Ho Chi Minh. Later he fought in the Vietnamese jungle and emerged as one of the major figures in the "fight for liberation" - and one of the most determined adversaries of the United States.

He became the Vietcong's Minister of Justice, but at the end of the war he fled the country in disillusionment and despair. He now lives in exile in Paris, the highest level official to have defected from Vietnam to the West. This is his candid, revealing, and unforgettable autobiography.

©1985 Truong Nhu Tang, David Chanoff, and Doan Van Toai (P)2018 Tantor Military Military & War Vietnam War Personal Memoirs
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Helps redress the balance of so many books about the American experience of the Vietnam war, The most powerful moment is amidst the joy of achieving military victory after years of struggle, he discovers his father had died a month earlier. His father’s haunting admonition that the cause his son has given his life to, will eventually betray him, rings truer and truer.

Deeply personal, full of insight and brutal honesty

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The writers conviction in his beliefs. To later be betrayed by whom he fought for.

A different view of the war from the north viet side.

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What disappointed you about A Vietcong Memoir?

the book is basically about a bureaucrat who ran away when the shooting started and left other to die while he did so.

Would you ever listen to anything by the authors again?

no

What three words best describe Trieu Tran’s performance?

little of interest

You didn’t love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?

no

very little acual combat

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