- Published: 1 January 2009
- ISBN: 9781846040764
- Imprint: Rider
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 272
- RRP: $32.00
Last Night I Dreamed of Peace
An extraordinary diary of courage from the Vietnam War
- Published: 1 January 2009
- ISBN: 9781846040764
- Imprint: Rider
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 272
- RRP: $32.00
Thuy Tram's diary has been described as "the Vietnamese Anne Frank", combining vivid depiction of the violence and dreadful conditions of the conflict with a moving, very personal account'
Glasgow Herald
Last Night I Dreamed of Peace is a book to be read by all and included in any course on the literature of war
Chicago Tribune
The most compelling, honest account of a conflict that killed, by some estimates, between two and three million Vietnamese and other Asians, as well as 58,000 Americans...Raw with human emotions and unvarnished by government propaganda.
Independent
A personal dialogue, a place to shelter her soul and her spirit...Raw emotion is manifest in the diary.
Observer
Remarkable...This is an important and profoundly moving book, which redresses the one-sided macho and gun-toting coverage of the Vietnam War.
Sydney Morning Herald
In a society increasingly consumed with economic growth and material goods, the book has revived a sense of idealism. Written in a simple but powerful style, it reminds war veterans of their sacrifices and educates a new generation - born after the war's end - about the hardships their elders faced.
Los Angeles Times
This combination of revolutionary fervor with the vulnerabilities and self-doubts of a too-sensitive young woman might be called ideology with a human face, reminding readers that it was people like them, trapped in a moment of history, who died on their behalf.
New York Times
The fascinating diary of a young Viet Cong doctor who died in the Vietnam War.
Chicago Tribune