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Author Sachs, Dana.

Title The life we were given : Operation Babylift, international adoption, and the children of war in Vietnam / Dana Sachs
Published Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 258 pages)
Contents Where they came from -- All Americans go home now -- A sea of human need -- If you are out there, we love you and we are looking for you -- Lost in the shuffle -- Standing on two legs -- Good intentions -- Mementoes and scars -- Ships to parents : severe orphan syndrome -- There was no one to take care of them -- Photographs and fires and rage -- I wanted to see what peace was like -- Hesitation and resignation -- Resources -- Baby in a burning building -- Belonging
Summary Describes the history of Operation Babylift, the U.S. government's plan to airlift 3,000 displaced Vietnamese children before the fall of Saigon, and examines the lives of the displaced children after the operation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Children
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Refugees
Airlift, Military -- Vietnam -- History -- 20th century
Children and war -- Vietnam -- History -- 20th century
Refugee children -- Vietnam -- History -- 20th century
Orphans -- Vietnam -- History -- 20th century
Intercountry adoption -- Vietnam -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- Military -- Vietnam War.
Airlift, Military
Children
Children and war
Intercountry adoption
Orphans
Refugee children
Refugees
Vietnam
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780807042427
0807042420
0807042412
9780807042410