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Thin Ice

Coming of Age in Grand Rapids

By: Reinder Van Til,Gordon L. Olson

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Thin Ice

Coming of Age in Grand Rapids

By: Reinder Van Til,Gordon L. Olson

DESCRIPTION This unique volume contains twenty-eight fascinating life stories of people -- many of whom went on to become famous -- who grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The coming-of-age stories in Thin Ice relate a range of experiences both good and bad, including happy memories and heartwarming recollections but also personal traumas, intergenerational and racial conflicts, the strictures of religious belief and practice, the joys and sorrows of young romance, and more. Above and beyond the stories of the more notable personalities -- Jim Harrison, Roger Wilkins, John Hockenberry, President Gerald Ford, Betty Ford, Al Green, Paul Schrader, William Brashler -- the book as a whole is chock-full of crisp, humorous, irreverent, and moving writing. Reinder Van Til and Gordon Olson have excerpted half of the pieces from previous publications, while they directly solicited the other half from active writers specifically for this book. The earliest stories go back to the 1830s and 1850s, and the most recent are a cluster of contemporary pieces that describe coming of age in the Grand Rapids of the 1960s through the 1980s. Together they paint a multifaceted, impressionistic portrait of a century and a half in the fair city of Grand Rapids, Michigan. All in all, Thin Ice is a nostalgic treasure for any Grand Rapidian and literary treasure for e v e r y one. Contributors Albert Baxter Charles E. Belknap A. J. Muste Arnold Gingrich David Cornel DeJong Gerald R. Ford Betty Ford Edward V. Gillis John Thompson Roger Wilkins Jim Harrison Glen Peterson Max Apple John Otterbacher Reinder Van Til Al Green Paul Schrader Robert VanderMolen William Brashler Sheri Venema Hank Meijer Charles Honey Tom Rademacher Levi Rickert John Hockenberry Laura Kasischke Kaye Longberg Bich Minh Nguyen

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802824781

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9780802824783

In the Crossfire

Adventures of a Vietnamese Revolutionary

By: Ngo Van

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In the Crossfire

Adventures of a Vietnamese Revolutionary

By: Ngo Van

In 1936, Ngo Van was captured, imprisoned, and tortured in the dreaded Maison Centrale prison in Saigon for his part in the struggle to free Vietnam from French colonial rule. Five years later, Vietnamese independence was won, and Van found himself imprisoned and abused once more—this time by the Stalinist freedom fighter Ho Chi Minh. Five years after that, Van was in Paris, working with the surrealists. In the Crossfire documents Ngo Van's incredible life in Vietnam during the two world wars, and his subsequent years spent in the midst of the Parisian intelligentsia. This is the first English translation!

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AK Press

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1849350493

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9781849350495

Topics On Stability And Periodicity In Abstract Differential Equations

By: Gaston Mandata N'guerekata,Van Minh Nguyen,James H Liu

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Topics On Stability And Periodicity In Abstract Differential Equations

By: Gaston Mandata N'guerekata,Van Minh Nguyen,James H Liu

This book presents recent methods of study on the asymptotic behavior of solutions of abstract differential equations such as stability, exponential dichotomy, periodicity, almost periodicity, and almost automorphy of solutions. The chosen methods are described in a way that is suitable to those who have some experience with ordinary differential equations. The book is intended for graduate students and researchers in the related areas.

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World Scientific

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9814470910

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9789814470919

Inside An Loc

The Battle to Save Saigon, April-May 1972

By: Van Nguyen Duong,Nghia M. Vo

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Inside An Loc

The Battle to Save Saigon, April-May 1972

By: Van Nguyen Duong,Nghia M. Vo

The Battle of An Loc was one of the bloodiest battles in the Vietnam War and a defining moment in the history of the Republic of South Vietnam. A few square blocks tucked among vast rubber tree plantations, the provincial town was thought to be of little strategic value to the North Vietnamese. Yet for 66 days in 1972, it was the scene of savage house-to-house street fighting as artillery and mortar fire pounded the town daily until almost nothing was left standing. Facing three North Vietnamese infantry divisions, General Le Van Hưng defended the town with 7,500 men, vowing to "die with An Loc." A decisive victory for the South Vietnamese, the battle came at a time when the United States had begun pulling out of Vietnam and few American troops were on the ground. No foreign reporters were on hand and the action was ignored or misreported by the world press. This book tells the story of An Loc from the unique perspective of an officer who shared a bunker with the general during the fight.

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McFarland

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1476621217

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9781476621210

Between War and the State

Civil Society in South Vietnam, 1954–1975

By: Van Nguyen-Marshall

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Between War and the State

Civil Society in South Vietnam, 1954–1975

By: Van Nguyen-Marshall

In Between War and the State, Van Nguyen-Marshall examines an array of voluntary activities, including mutual-help, professional, charitable, community development, student, women's, and rights organizations active in South Vietnam from 1954 to 1975. By bringing focus to the public lives of South Vietnamese people, Between War and the State challenges persistent stereotypes of South Vietnam as a place without society or agency. Such robust associational life underscores how an active civil society survived despite difficulties imposed by the war, government restrictions, economic hardship, and external political forces. These competing political forces, which included the United States, Western aid agencies, and Vietnamese communist agents, created a highly competitive arena wherein the South Vietnamese state did not have a monopoly on persuasive or coercive power. To maintain its influence, the state sometimes needed to accommodate groups and limit its use of violence. Civil society participants in South Vietnam leveraged their social connections, made alliances, appealed to the domestic and international public, and used street protests to voice their concerns, secure their interests, and carry out their activities.

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Cornell University Press

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1501770594

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9781501770593

The Vietnam Nationalist Party (1927-1954)

By: Van Khanh Nguyen

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The Vietnam Nationalist Party (1927-1954)

By: Van Khanh Nguyen

This book presents research focusing on the Vietnam Nationalist Party (Việt Nam Quốc dân đảng) from 1927 to 1954. It elaborates on the party’s establishment, political ideology and organizational structure, the Yen Bai Uprising, the party’s downfall, and its role in the Vietnamese Revolution. Findings are presented systematically and comprehensively, relying on official and unofficial, as well as domestic and foreign sources, including texts from localities and hometowns of vital figures in the organization. The author compares, contrasts and evaluates this complex collection of documents based on the theoretical perspectives of conflict theory, social system theory, social structuralism and functionism, dialectic materialism and Marxist theory. It is essential reading for Vietnamese and international researchers interested in Vietnam’s political context in the early twentieth century and for undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Vietnam’s history and politics.

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Springer

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9811000751

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9789811000751

Forest Rehabilitation in Vietnam: Histories, Realities, and Future

Histories, Realities, and Future

By: Wil de Jong,Do Dinh Sam,Trieu Van Hung

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Forest Rehabilitation in Vietnam: Histories, Realities, and Future

Histories, Realities, and Future

By: Wil de Jong,Do Dinh Sam,Trieu Van Hung

This report assesses the experiences of forest rehabilitation in Vietnam and draws strategic lessons from these experiences to guide new forest rehabilitation projects. The report highlights lessons from Vietnam's experiences that will be helpful beyond the country border. This report has the following structure: the remainder of chpater one provides the conceptual clarification and theoritical underpinnings for the study and introduces the methodology. Chapter two provides background information and context for the outcomes of forest rehabilitation in Vietnam, including basic information on Vietnam, its forest cover, forestry sector and policies that are relevant to forestry and forest rehabilitation. Chapter three gives an overview of forest rehabilitation in Vietnam from its inception in the 1950s until today, as the country carries out its latest nationwide forest rehabilitation effort, the 5 million hectares reforestation project. Chapter four analyses in detail forest rehabilitation project that were analysed in the field study carried out as part of this study. Chapter five draws lessons from the report.

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CIFOR

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9792446524

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The Vietnamese Family in Change

The Case of the Red River Delta

By: Pham Van Bich

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The Vietnamese Family in Change

The Case of the Red River Delta

By: Pham Van Bich

Like most societies Vietnam has seen marked changes in family structures and dynamics this century. For Vietnam however these changes have been especially radical. After decades of French acculturation the 1940s brought sweeping economic changes and a move away from collectivism. Perhaps because of Vietnam’s long isolation from the late 1970s into the early 1990s, very little has been written on the Vietnamese family. This text provides an examination of the Vietnamese family focusing on two fundamental relationships – husband-wife and parent-children – within their wider social and historical context. The author explores how and why marital partners are chosen; individual’s domains within the family; reproduction and birth control; son preference; ancestor worship; and the role of the state. As such, the study will be of interest not just to sociologists but also to those scholars looking to understand the current social transformation of Vietnam.

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Routledge

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1136818855

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9781136818851

Bit-string Physics

A Finite and Discrete Approach to Natural Philosophy

By: H. Pierre Noyes,J. C. van den Berg

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Bit-string Physics

A Finite and Discrete Approach to Natural Philosophy

By: H. Pierre Noyes,J. C. van den Berg

We could be on the threshold of a scientific revolution. Quantum mechanics is based on unique, finite, and discrete events. General relativity assumes a continuous, curved space-time. Reconciling the two remains the most fundamental unsolved scientific problem left over from the last century. The papers of H Pierre Noyes collected in this volume reflect one attempt to achieve that unification by replacing the continuum with the bit-string events of computer science. Three principles are used: physics can determine whether two quantities are the same or different; measurement can tell something from nothing; this structure (modeled by binary addition and multiplication) can leave a historical record consisting of a growing universe of bit-strings. This book is specifically addressed to those interested in the foundations of particle physics, relativity, quantum mechanics, physical cosmology and the philosophy of science. Contents: Non-Locality in Particle Physics; On the Physical Interpretation and the Mathematical Structure of the Combinatorial Hierarchy (with T Bastin, J Amson & C W Kilmister); On the Construction of Relativistic Quantum Theory: A Progress Report; Foundations of a Discrete Physics (with D McGoveran); Comment on OC Statistical Mechanical Origin of the Entropy of a Rotating Charged Black HoleOCO Anti-Gravity: The Key to 21st Century Physics; Crossing Symmetry is Incompatible with General Relativity; Operationalism Revisited: Measurement Accuracy, Scale Invariance and the Combinatorial Hierarchy; Discrete Physics and the Derivation of Electromagnetism from the Formalism of Quantum Mechanics (with L H Kauffman); Are Partons Confined Tachyons?; A Short Introduction to Bit-String Physics; Process, System, Causality and Quantum Mechanics: A Psychoanalysis of Animal Faith (with T Etter); and other papers. Readership: Researchers interested in the foundations of particle physics, relativity, quantum mechanics, physical cosmology and the philosophy of science.

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World Scientific

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9812810099

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9789812810090

Revolution in the Village

Tradition and Transformation in North Vietnam, 1925-1988

By: Hy Van Luong

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Revolution in the Village

Tradition and Transformation in North Vietnam, 1925-1988

By: Hy Van Luong

One of the most significant efforts to result thus far from the improvement in scholarly access [to North Vietnam].... Combining life history interviewing with archival research in Vietnam, Canada, and France, the book focuses on the village sociocultural system's encounter with Western colonialism, capitalism, and socialist revolution." --Journal of Asian Studies

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824813995

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Hanoi

City of the Rising Dragon

By: Georges Boudarel,Nguyen Van Ky

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Hanoi

City of the Rising Dragon

By: Georges Boudarel,Nguyen Van Ky

For many Westerners, Hanoi evokes memories only of war and bitter loss. But Hanoi is much more than the capital of Vietnamese communism. Ancient seat of the royal house, then center of the French colonial empire in Indochina, and finally birthplace of Vietnamese independence, Hanoi is today a thriving urban center with a rich history all its own. Georges Boudarel and Nguyen Van Ky paint a vivid portrait of a city that is now awakening to the modern era. Together they reveal Hanoi in its myriad facets, from the aromas of its traditional cuisine to its destruction in wartime to the modern era of motorcycles and movie theaters. Part history, part paean, this book takes us into the heart of a city just emerging from the storms of the twentieth century.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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1461704421

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9781461704423

Tuttle English-Vietnamese Dictionary

By: Nguyen Dinh Hoa,Phan Van Giuong

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Tuttle English-Vietnamese Dictionary

By: Nguyen Dinh Hoa,Phan Van Giuong

This is the most up-to-date and complete English to Vietnamese dictionary available. It is designed primarily for the growing number of students of Vietnamese who need a good and reliable English-Vietnamese dictionary. Although it is targeted mainly at English speakers and other non-native users who need to learn Vietnamese, it can also be used by Vietnamese speakers who are learning or need to know English. Along with 18,000 enries--covering contemporary words and phrases used in educational, business and tourist settings--the attractive and user-friendly layout is organized effectively, making it easy to locate words and phrases quickly. It also includes many valuable pointers and information about the Vietnamese language. Completely revised and updated with over 18,000 entries. Clear, user-friendly text with idioms, expressions and sample sentences. The ideal dictionary for students and business people. The first edition, published as Essential English-Vietnamese Dictionary, was by Professor Nguyen Hinh Hoa and his daughter Patricia Nguyen Thi Huong. It became a classic in the teaching of Vietnamese. This edition, completely revised and updated, is the work of Professor Phan Van Giuong who was a distinguished professor of Vietnamese Studies at Victoria University, Melborne. Professor Phan, who has many years' experience teaching Vietnamese and English, is also the author of many Vietnamese teaching/learning materials and editor for several Vietnamese magazines and newspapers. He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal and the International Educator of the Year award for his outstanding contributions to teaching language and culture. Professor Phan is now retired but continues to teach on a part-time basis.

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Tuttle Publishing

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1462917801

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9781462917808

A Vietnamese Royal Exile in Japan

Prince Cuong De (1882-1951)

By: Tran My-Van

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A Vietnamese Royal Exile in Japan

Prince Cuong De (1882-1951)

By: Tran My-Van

Prince Cuong De, viewed by the French as a pretender to the Vietnamese throne, was an important and interesting figure in the history of Vietnam’s struggle for independence. He was highly regarded by many non-communist Vietnamese nationalists, but has been virtually ‘written out’ of Vietnamese history. Based on extensive original research, including interviews and important documents from the French national archives, this book traces the life of Cuong De as a royal exile in Japan, exploring his links to key Japanese leaders and how he campaigned for his cause and was supported in Japan, Vietnam and elsewhere. The author shows how Cuong De had great hopes that imperial Japan would advance the cause of Vietnamese independence from France, especially during the Japanese occupation of Vietnam in 1941-5. But these hopes were disappointed as Japan's Indochina policy gave primacy to Japan's own economic and strategic self-interest. This book provides many fascinating insights into the development of Vietnamese nationalism and the long, harsh struggle for independence, from the perspective of an interesting and undeservedly neglected figure.

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Routledge

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1134432771

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9781134432776

Leadership

By: General Cao Van Vien

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Leadership

By: General Cao Van Vien

This monograph forms part of the Indochina Monograph series written by senior military personnel from the former Army of the Republic of Vietnam who served against the northern communist invasion. War and politics posed many challenges to South Vietnam’s military leadership. Unlike his counterpart in some countries, the Vietnamese military commander was not simply a leader of men in combat. Depending on the level of command, he had to play his part in national politics, be himself a grass roots politician, or engage in political warfare. To achieve success, he was often expected to possess several qualities not always required of a professional military leader. The requirements of leadership, therefore, sometimes transcended the conventional framework of accepted rules and principles. Given these requirements and the fallibility of human nature, it had not always been easy to evaluate the total performance of our leadership. The dilemma we faced was that while professional competence during actual combat was a critical criteria, we could not tolerate deliberate aberrations in moral and social codes. In my analysis of the successes and failures of our leadership, I have endeavored to be fair and objective. If I seem to be laudatory of some officers while critical of others, it is not my intention to embarrass any individual. Performance has been the sole basis for all of my evaluations.

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Pickle Partners Publishing

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1786255162

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9781786255167

The Tragedy of the Vietnam War

A South Vietnamese Officer's Analysis

By: Van Nguyen Duong

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The Tragedy of the Vietnam War

A South Vietnamese Officer's Analysis

By: Van Nguyen Duong

What Americans call the Vietnam War actually began in December 1946 with a struggle between the communists and the French for possession of the country--but Vietnam's strategic position in southeast Asia inevitably led to the involvement of other countries. Written by an officer in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces, this poignant memoir seeks to clarify the nuances of South Vietnam's defeat. From the age of 12, Van Nguyen Duong watched as the conflict affected his home, family, village and friends. He discusses not only the day-to-day hardships of wartime but his postwar forced relocation and eventual imprisonment. A special focus is on the anguish caused by the illusive reality of Vietnamese independence. The political forces at work north and south, the hardships suffered by RVNAF soldiers after the 1975 U.S. withdrawal, and the effects of reunification on the Vietnamese people are discussed.

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McFarland

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0786483385

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9780786483389

Général Hieu, ARVN

Un Génie Militaire

By: Nguyen Van Tin

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Général Hieu, ARVN

Un Génie Militaire

By: Nguyen Van Tin

Biographie du Général Nguyen Van Hieu de l'Armée de la République du Viet Nam (ARVN)

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1617923664

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Thin Ice

Thin Ice

In the Crossfire

In the Crossfire

Topics On Stability And Periodicity In Abstract Differential Equations

Topics On Stability And Periodicity In Abstract Differential Equations

Inside An Loc

Inside An Loc

Between War and the State

Between War and the State

The Vietnam Nationalist Party (1927-1954)

The Vietnam Nationalist Party (1927-1954)

Forest Rehabilitation in Vietnam: Histories, Realities, and Future

Forest Rehabilitation in Vietnam: Histories, Realities, and Future

The Vietnamese Family in Change

The Vietnamese Family in Change

Bit-string Physics

Bit-string Physics

Revolution in the Village

Revolution in the Village

Hanoi

Hanoi

Tuttle English-Vietnamese Dictionary

Tuttle English-Vietnamese Dictionary

A Vietnamese Royal Exile in Japan

A Vietnamese Royal Exile in Japan

Leadership

Leadership

The Tragedy of the Vietnam War

The Tragedy of the Vietnam War

Général Hieu, ARVN

Général Hieu, ARVN

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