The Far East Comes Near : Autobiographical Accounts of Southeast Asian Students in America

Collects the personal accounts of twenty-six college students who were refugees from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam Foreword / Deirdre Ling -- Introduction / Joel Martin Halpern -- Becoming A Refugee, Being A Refugee, Ceasing To Be A Refugee / Lucy Nguyen-hong-nhiem -- Memories From The Past / Do Minh Bang -- Memories / Ta Minh Tri -- We Are Killing Our Own Brothers, Our Souls / Tran Thi Sanh -- Not Too Young To Understand Communism / Phan Huu Thanh -- Hopes Of A Better Life / Nguyen Hung Anh -- An Image Of Home / Nguyen Van Nhan -- The Price Of Freedom / Huynh Huu Hieu -- A Terrifying Escape / Le Tan Si -- A Tragic Voyage / Dang Hong Loan -- A Vietnamese-born Chinese / Lam Phu -- Separation And Reunion / Nguyen Huu Chung -- My Life Structure / Phyrun Khath -- My Unforgettable Experiences / Roeun Chea -- My Personal Experience / Boreth Sun. My Life In Cambodia And The United States / Chanthouk Ros -- My Best Memories / Hong Taing -- The Khmer Rouge-murderers / Mark Gray -- Despair And Hopelessness / Sreng Kouch -- My Bloody Nightmare / Horng Kouch -- Migrating To America / Vibora Lim -- From The Killing Fields To Greenfield : The Story Of Chard Houn / Max Hartshorne -- Left Empty And Longing / Nilandone Pathammavong -- One Last Long Look At My Country / Chanthava Chanthavong -- New Hope For A Disheartened Refugee / Chantha Souvanna -- A Change Of Cultures / Lamthiane Inthirath -- A Poem : Tet Ly Huong, Away From Home At Tet / Nguyen Hung Anh -- Commentary : Human Destructiveness And The Refugee Experience / Ervin Staub. Edited By Lucy Nguyen-hong-nhiem And Joel Martin Halpern.