Last Night I Dreamed of Peace
An extraordinary diary of courage from the Vietnam War
- Published: 1 July 2010
- ISBN: 9781407061047
- Imprint: Ebury Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 272
Last Night I Dreamed of Peace is a book to be read by all and included in any course on the literature of war
Chicago Tribune
A personal dialogue, a place to shelter her soul and her spirit...Raw emotion is manifest in the diary.
Observer
In a society increasingly consumed with economic growth and material goods, the book has revived a sense of idealism. Written in a simple but powerful style, it reminds war veterans of their sacrifices and educates a new generation - born after the war's end - about the hardships their elders faced.
Los Angeles Times
Remarkable...This is an important and profoundly moving book, which redresses the one-sided macho and gun-toting coverage of the Vietnam War.
Sydney Morning Herald
The fascinating diary of a young Viet Cong doctor who died in the Vietnam War.
Chicago Tribune
The most compelling, honest account of a conflict that killed, by some estimates, between two and three million Vietnamese and other Asians, as well as 58,000 Americans...Raw with human emotions and unvarnished by government propaganda.
Independent
This combination of revolutionary fervor with the vulnerabilities and self-doubts of a too-sensitive young woman might be called ideology with a human face, reminding readers that it was people like them, trapped in a moment of history, who died on their behalf.
New York Times
Thuy Tram's diary has been described as "the Vietnamese Anne Frank", combining vivid depiction of the violence and dreadful conditions of the conflict with a moving, very personal account'
Glasgow Herald