Tag: Vietnam 1945

• Ho Chi Minh & Truman: Part II

  Part II of my post from yesterday: http://wp.me/p25YFc-C8  – The second part of this post even talks about Tan Trao, the mountainous headquarters of the Viet Minh which is home to the glorious banyan tree which inspired my third novel, soon to be released. Ho took up the mantle of fighting for Indochinese independence by supporting…

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  June 12, 2014

  History & Culture, Uncategorized, Vietnam

  Ho Chi Minh, OSS, Truman, USA in Indochina, Viet Minh, Vietnam 1945, WWII Asia

• Ho Chi Minh & Truman: Part I

  My new novel coming out in a couple weeks, “The Reach of the Banyan Tree”, is in no small part a by-product of my love for 20th century Vietnamese history. Unlike most Americans who study Vietnam, I became much more fascinated at the 1945 connections between the Americans and the Vietnamese rather than the Vietnam War…

  sassevn

  June 11, 2014

  History & Culture, Vietnam

  CCP, Ho Chi Minh, KMT, OSS, Roosevelt, Truman, Viet Minh, Vietnam 1945

• One Month from Today: The Reach of the Banyan Tree

  I was excited about the release of both of my first two novels, but with my third novel on the horizon, I’m a little more excited than usual. Why? I guess it is because of the story and the back story of writing it. I was living in Thai Nguyen Vietnam (where much of the…

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  June 1, 2014

  Indie Author

  book new releases July, modern Vietnam, Sasse novel, The Reach of the Banyan Tree, Vietnam, Vietnam 1945, vietnam novels

• Mixing real historical figures into a work of fiction. Vietnam 1945.

  My untitled third novel that I’m currently working on is set during two different time periods in Vietnam. The first is 2000 and the second is 1945. Nineteen-forty-five is the crucial year in modern day Vietnam. It’s the year that the Japanese completely overthrew the remnants of the French Empire in Indochina. It’s the year…

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  June 12, 2013

  History & Culture, Vietnam, What’s Happening, Writing Process

  French colonialism, French Indochina, historical fiction, Ho Chi Minh, OSS, real people in fiction, Vietnam 1945, writing fiction