search query: @indexterm vietnam / total: 43
reference: 13 / 43
| Author: | Crowell, T. Stier, K. |
| Title: | The enemy within |
| Journal: | Asiaweek
1997 : APR 25, VOL. 23:16, p. 24-25 |
| Index terms: | ECONOMICS LEADERSHIP VIETNAM |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The party rails against foreign influence, but corruption is the real threat to its legitimacy. Le Van Phuc used every while to avoid a life sentence. He brandished his revolutionary credentials: His father and brother died fighting the Americans, and his mother spent years in jail for hiding the Viet Cong. "I've always been conscious of being a good citizen," Phuc pleaded. "I beg your honour for your better understanding of me." Once upon a time, such an appeal might have won him clemency. |
SCIMA