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Author Thomas, Sabrina, author.

Title Scars of war : the politics of paternity and responsibility for the Amerasians of Vietnam / Sabrina Thomas ; foreword by Robert J. Mrazek
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 345 pages)
Series Borderlands and transcultural studies
Borderlands and transcultural studies.
Contents Foreword / by Robert J. Mrazek -- Setting a precedent -- Saving Cold War children -- Becoming refugees -- Blood politics -- Window dressing -- The Amerasian Homecoming Act -- "Like a home without a roof"
Summary Scars of War examines how the exclusion of mixed-race persons and people of Asian descent in the United States shaped the efforts of policymakers to recognize the Amerasians of Vietnam as American children and initiate legislation that designated them unfit for American citizenship
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central platform, viewed March 1, 2022)
Subject Amerasians -- Vietnam
Children of military personnel -- Vietnam
Abandoned children -- Vietnam
Amerasians -- United States
Vietnamese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
Amerasians -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
Abandoned children
Amerasians
Children of military personnel
Vietnamese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
United States
Vietnam
Form Electronic book
Author Mrazek, Robert J., writer of foreword.
ISBN 9781496229359
1496229355
Other Titles Politics of paternity and responsibility for the Amerasians of Vietnam