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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From The Tears of Heaven From: Three Funerals for my Father View Tidewater Press	This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She learns of her father and sibling’s death and receives a letter from her father, which arrived months after their deaths.	Jolie Phuong Hoang	5	2021	$0.50 Add
From The Tiger From: Three Funerals for my Father View Tidewater Press	The ghost of the author’s father shares memories and wisdom. He recounts the family’s move to Quảng Đức and the aftermath, including his experiences in prison and release.	Jolie Phuong Hoang	10	2021	$1.00 Add
From The US Occupation From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires View Baraka Books	Chapter four, The US Occupation focuses on the reasoning behind American interests in the Korean Peninsula after the Second World War. He focuses on the perspective of the American, Soviets, and …	Stephen Gowans	14	2018	$1.40 Add
From The War Against Communists of the South From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires View Baraka Books	Chapter six, The War Against Communists of the South focuses on the brutal measures the US occupation forces and their Korean subalterns look to suppress communism and communist sympathies in the …	Stephen Gowans	6	2018	$0.60 Add
Three Funerals for my Father Love, Loss and Escape from Vietnam Tidewater Press	What would you risk to save your children? Jolie Hoang grew up as one of ten children, part of a loving, prosperous Vietnamese family. All that changed when the communists took over in 1975; the …	Jolie Phuong Hoang	232	2021	View
From Trại Mát From: Three Funerals for my Father View Tidewater Press	This chapter is told from the author’s perspective. She describes a a short trip to Trại Mát and reminisces on a time when her younger sister got very sick and was treated by her …	Jolie Phuong Hoang	7	2021	$0.70 Add
From US Supremacy’s All-Conquering March From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires View Baraka Books	Chapter twelve, US Supremacy’s All Conquering March focuses on the United States commitment to ending the DPRK or North Korea state. The DPRK has a people- and Korean-centred economy, …	Stephen Gowans	14	2018	$1.40 Add
From Vượt Biên From: Three Funerals for my Father View Tidewater Press	This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. He executes an escape plan.	Jolie Phuong Hoang	6	2021	$0.60 Add
From Wang Dan’s Shooting Star From: The Legacy of Tiananmen Square View Collection: Witnesses to Global Conflict: Canadian Authors' Accounts Goose Lane Editions	This chapter begins with the author meeting with Wang Den in London, one of the student leaders of the Tiananmen Square Uprising. The chapter goes on to provide a detailed day-by-day account of …	Michael Cormier	33	2013	$3.30 Add
From Wang Juntao’s Exile From: The Legacy of Tiananmen Square View Collection: Immigrating to Canada Goose Lane Editions	This chapter begins with the story of a Chinese exile named Wang Juntao, who was a student leader during the 1989 uprising and now lives in New York. The author goes on to discuss the legacy of …	Michael Cormier	16	2013	$1.60 Add
From War From: Three Funerals for my Father View Tidewater Press	The author’s father’s ghost recounts life in Đà Lạt and the arrival of war.	Jolie Phuong Hoang	9	2021	$0.90 Add
From Washington’s Power Projection Platform in the Pacific From: Patriots, Traitors and Empires View Baraka Books	Chapter eleven, Washington’s Power Projection Platform in the Pacific focuses on the shift in shift in politics in South Korea by 1993. The Berlin Wall had fallen, the German Democratic …	Stephen Gowans	10	2018	$1.00 Add
From Wei Jingsheng’s Awakening From: The Legacy of Tiananmen Square View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter begins with the story of Wei Jingsheng, a former Red Guard under Mao who became China’s most famous dissident and now runs a foundation in Washington D.C. The chapter goes on …	Michael Cormier	22	2013	$2.20 Add
From What If From: Three Funerals for my Father View Tidewater Press	This chapter is told from the author’s father’s perspective. It follows the aftermath of his sending his children away to escape the country.	Jolie Phuong Hoang	2	2021	$0.20 Add
From NEW! White Rooms, Unified Hearts and Empty Fields From: In Praise of Retreat View ECW Press	This chapter uses the case study of Leonard Cohen as an example of an individual who used retreat and solitude to improve his life.	Kirsteen MacLeod	13	2021	$1.30 Add
From Xi Jingping’s China From: The Legacy of Tiananmen Square View Collection: The Rise of 21st Century Fascism Goose Lane Editions	The book ends with an exploration of Xi Jingping’s China, including a brief overview of the country’s current conflicts, and looks at the future of democracy in China in the context …	Michael Cormier	17	2013	$1.70 Add