In the Crossfire: Adventures of a Vietnamese Revolutionary - Couverture souple

Van, Ngo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1849350132 ISBN 13 : 9781849350136

Editeur : AK Press, 2010

Synopsis

Although the Vietnam War is still well known, few people are aware of the decades of struggles against the French colonial regime that preceded it, many of which had no connection with the Stalinists (Ho Chi Minh's Communist Party). The Stalinists were ultimately victorious, but only because they systematically destroyed all the other oppositional currents. This book is the story of those other movements and revolts, caught in the crossfire between the French and the Stalinists, told by one of the few survivors. Ngo Van's In the Crossfire is one of those rare books like Voline's The Unknown Revolution or Orwell's Homage to Catalonia that almost singlehandedly unveils moments of hidden history - sublime moments when people break through the bounds of the 'possible' and strive to create a life worthy of their deepest dreams and aspirations. In the Crossfire: Adventures of a Vietnamese Revolutionary is an English translation of Ngo Van's fascinating and gripping autobiography, originally published in two volumes in France in 2000 and 2005. Co-edited by Van's close friend and collaborator, Hélène Fleury, and acclaimed situationist author and translator Ken Knabb, the book includes seventy colour and black and white illustrations, reproducing many of Van's paintings as well as numerous documentary photographs. In the Crossfire belongs on the shelf of every serious scholar of Vietnamese history, and is sure to be a compelling read for anyone interested in the revolutionary history of the twentieth century and beyond.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ngo Van was born in 1913 into a peasant family living in a village near Saigon. He was active in the revolutionary anti-colonial struggle in Vietnam from 1932 onwards, and participated in workers' and peasants' demonstrations, strikes, and protests, as a Trotskyist militant, undergoing, as did thousands, torture and imprisonment by the French rulers. He died in 2005 in Paris. Ken Knabb translated and published the "Situationist International Anthology," selling over 14,000 copies.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: AK Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1849350132
• ISBN 13: 9781849350136
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Éditeur: Knabb Ken, Fleury Helene
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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