Surviving Twice : Amerasian Children of the Vietnam War

Surviving Twice is the story of five Vietnamese Amerasians born during the Vietnam War to American soldiers and Vietnamese mothers. Unfortunately, they were not among the few thousand Amerasian children who came to the United States before the war’s end and grew up as Americans, speaking English and attending American schools. Instead, this group of Amerasians faced much more formidable obstacles, both in Vietnam and in their new home. Surviving Twice raises significant questions about how mixed-race children born of wars and occupations are treated and the ways in which the shifting laws, policies, social attitudes, and bureaucratic red tape of two nations affect them their entire lives. Surviving Twice Raises Significant Questions About How Mixed-race Children Born Of Wars And Occupations Are Treated And The Ways In Which The Shifting Laws, Policies, Social Attitudes, And Bureaucratic Red Tape Of Two Nations Affect Them Their Entire Lives.--jacket. Meeting The Amerasians -- Romances, Rapes, And Casual Encounters, 1960-75 -- The War's End And Aftermath, 1975-84 -- Surviving Once, By Any Means, 1980-90 -- Turning From Dust To Gold, 1988-93 -- Following Their American Dream, 1988-93 -- Culture Shock In Their Fathers' Land, 1988-95 -- Shattered Dreams -- The Amerasians' Second Struggle To Survive -- Left Behind : Amerasians Still Living In Vietnam -- The Amerasians Today. Trin Yarborough. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 275-283) And Index. I have spent eleven years in Americaten of them behind bars," the Vietnamese Amerasian Alan "Tiger" Hoa jokes during a collect phone call from a California prison. Inspiring and sometimes tragic personal stories of five Amerasian children left behind after the Vietnam War