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[ndlr] Nouvelle parution, présentation de l'éditeur et table des matières.The effects of the War outside present-day Vietnam are ongoing. Substantial Vietnamese communities in countries that participated in the conflict are contributing to renewed interpretations of it. This collection of new essays explores changes in perceptions of the war and the Vietnamese diaspora, examining history, politics, biography and literature, with Vietnamese, American, Australian and French scholars providing new insights.Twelve essays cover South Vietnamese leadership and policies, women and civilians, veterans overseas, smaller allies in the war (Australia), accounts by U.S., Australian and South Vietnamese servicemen as well as those of Indigenous soldiers from the U.S. and Australia, memorials and commemorations, and the legacy of war on individual lives and government policy.Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments 1Introduction: New Perceptions of the Vietnam War (Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen) 3Part I: War and Politics"A Short Road to Hell": Thieu, South Vietnam and the Paris Peace Accords (George J. Veith) 21An Intellectual Through Revolution, War and Exile: The Political Commitment of Nguyen Ngoc Huy (1924-1990) (Francois Guillemot) 41Fifty Years On: ­Half-Century Reflections on the Australian Commitment to the Vietnam War (Peter Edwards) 72Part II: Memorials and CommemorationSide-by-Side Memorials: Commemorating the Vietnam War in Australia (Christopher R. Linke) 85Vietnam: The Long Journey Home (Elizabeth Stewart) 108Part III: War and Women’s WritingWar Through Women’s Eyes: Nam Phuong’s Red on Gold and Yung Krall’s A Thousand Tears Falling (Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen) 129The Postwar Body: The Literary Double in the Exile Literature of Linda Le (Alexandra Kurmann and Tess Do) 151Part IV: Identities and LegaciesThe Vietnam War: A Personal Journey (Robert S. McKelvey) 169Recognition of War Service: Vietnamese Veterans and Australian Government Policy (Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen) 184Indigenous Soldiers: Native American and Aboriginal Australian Service in Vietnam (Noah Riseman) 203An Independent Command? Australia’s Ground Forces in the Vietnam War and Contemporary Memories (Bruce Davies) 229About the Contributors 249Index 253Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen is an associate professor and Australian Research Council Future Fellow at the National Centre for Australian Studies at Monash University. She lives in Melbourne, Australia.Source : McFarland