THE BAMBOO GULAG: Political Imprisonment in Communist Vietnam |
Nghia M. Vo |
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The Bamboo curtain fell on South Vietnam after the communist take-over of Saigon on April 30, 1975. What happened
behind this curtain was not known for some time until the first news about the reeducation camps leaked out of
the country with the escape of the boat people. The boat people had either witnessed the horrors of the camps
from which they had escaped or been released, or they simply relayed stories from relatives or friends who were
not fortunate enough to escape. |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS |
Preface
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1. North and South
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2. The Last Heroes
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3. Prelude to a Tragedy
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4. Bamboo Fences
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5. A Police State
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6. Incarceration
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7. Southern Gulags
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8. Northern Gulags
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9. Starvation
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10. Executions, Tortures, and Confinements
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11. Thought Reform
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12. Hard labor and Poor Medical Care
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13. Defense Mechanisms
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14. Well known Prisoners
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15. Post Reeducation Ordeal
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16. New Economic Zones
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17. Disillusion
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18. Of Cemeteries
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19. Epilogue
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Glossary
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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