On the Struggle for Democracy in Vietnam

Book: On the struggle for democracy in Vietnam

Butterfly Books Publishing 1994

By Đào Tăng Dực

Is the first book in the English Language which explains the religious, cultural and political factors affecting Vietnam today.

Acknowledgments

I would like to express my gratitude to Emeritus Professor J.L. Roberts (N.Z.) for his painstaking editing of the first draft of this book; Mr Trần Văn Sơn (U.S.A.), Second Deputy Leader of the Opposition of the House of Representatives in the former Republic of Viemam, for his invaluable comments on the draft; Mr Stephen Denney of the Indochina Archive (University of Califor nia, Berkeley, U.S.A.) for his thoughtful and constructive preface; Dr Nguyễn Mạnh Tien, M.D. (Australia), Chairman of the Viemamese Community's Advisory Council in New South Wales, for his generous permission to use materials prepared by him on communism in Vietnam; my father, for his proof reading and comments based on his knowledge of Vietnamese culture, politics and his experience as a re-education camp inmate in Vietnam; my mother-in-law, Mrs Trần Lâm Chi, for her support; and most of all my wife, Thanh Ha for her love and ceaseless encouragement in the writing and publication of this book.

Cabramatta, April 1994. DAO, Tang Duc