Last Night I Dreamed of Peace

Thuy Tram’s diary has been described as “the Vietnamese Anne Frank”, combining vivid depiction of the violence and dreadful conditions of the conflict with a moving, very personal account’ * Glasgow Herald *Last Night I Dreamed of Peace is a book to be read by all and included in any course on the literature of war * Chicago Tribune *The most compelling, honest account of a conflict that killed, by some estimates, between two and three million Vietnamese and other Asians, as well as 58,000 Americans…Raw with human emotions and unvarnished by government propaganda. * Independent *A personal dialogue, a place to shelter her soul and her spirit…Raw emotion is manifest in the diary. * Observer *Remarkable…This is an important and profoundly moving book, which redresses the one-sided macho and gun-toting coverage of the Vietnam War. * Sydney Morning Herald *In a society increasingly consumed with economic growth and material goods, the book has revived a sense of idealism. Written in a simple but powerful style, it reminds war veterans of their sacrifices and educates a new generation - born after the war’s end - about the hardships their elders faced. * Los Angeles Times *This combination of revolutionary fervor with the vulnerabilities and self-doubts of a too-sensitive young woman might be called ideology with a human face, reminding readers that it was people like them, trapped in a moment of history, who died on their behalf. * New York Times *The fascinating diary of a young Viet Cong doctor who died in the Vietnam War. * Chicago Tribune *

Dang Thuy Tram was the daughter of a prosperous family of doctors. In 1967, at the age of 24, she volunteered to serve as a doctor in a Vietcong battlefield hospital in the Quan Ngai Province. From 1968 to 1970 she kept a diary recording her experiences of the conflict in compelling and honest terms. She was killed by American forces in 1970.