Lost Years: My 1,632 Days in Vietnamese Reeducation Camps

by Tran Tri Vu

Tran Tri Vu

381 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

Reviews

[Paul Lawrence]

This is a compelling story of what it was like to live in a Vietnamese Reeducation Camp. The conditions were brutal. The guards varied between brutal and greedy, stealing the precious few items the prisoners had managed to acquire. Food was scarce and at times they almost starved to death. The psychological abuse was the worst.

For anyone who thinks communism is a good idea, this book should be required reading.