Tay Son
Rebellion in 18th Century Vietnam
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This book has been superceded by Vietnam when the Tanks were Elephants, an expanded more reader-friendly edition of the same story told from the first person narrative of eight of the participants. The author recommends that those interested in the drama of the Tay Son revolution consult Elephants, while those literary masochists studying the evolution of an author´s style also obtain this one.
About the Author
The author embarked on a 44-year career, all but ten abroad, as an Army Officer in Korea and Japan. He next spent almost a quarter-century in the Foreign Service, principally in Southeast Asia. His first assignment to Vietnam was as Vice Consul in Saigon. Subsequently, he was Principal Officer of the Hue Consulate; Province Senior Advisor, Binh Long; Associate Director, Region II (Nhatrang) of the Agency for International Development; and Consul General at Can Tho. Finally he spent a decade with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, mainly in Geneva but initially in Somalia; and four years with a Geneva-based international non-governmental organization.