Home
Prisoner of Wars: A Hmong Fighter Pilot's Story Escaping Death and Confronting Life
Prisoner of Wars: A Hmong Fighter Pilot's Story Escaping Death and Confronting Life
Current price: $74.50
Loading Inventory...
Size: Hardcover
shows the impact the U.S Secret War in Laos had on Hmong combatants and their families. Chia Vang uses oral histories thatpoignantly recount Yang’s story and the deeply personal struggles his loved oneswho feared he had diedexperienced in both Southeast Asia and the United States. As Yang eventually rebuilt his life in America, he grappled with issues of freedom and trauma.
Yang’s life provides a unique lens through which to better understand the lasting impact of the wars in Southeast Asia and the diverse journeys that migrants from Asia made over the last two centuries.
makes visible an aspect of the collateral damage that has been left out of dominant Vietnam War narratives.