... on the 1952 Geneva conference, clearing the way for the division of Vietnam along the 17th parallel; which in turn would lead to the creation of the National liberation front against the corrupt Diem regime, inevitably catalysing the 2nd Indochina war into play. In March 1954, Giap began a siege of the French base at Dien Bien Phu, killing 2200 and imprisoning 6500, forcing French forces to surrender. The higher Vietnamese casualties (8000 dead and ... . Consequently, "independence had brought nothing but a reign of terror" (Brawley) on both sides of the 17th parallel. Leader of the Nort...

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... stand at the edge of that "pain", that no-man's-land of unimaginable, unspeakable horror and terror, that their mind to some degree have not ever touched or assimilated before. Examine the psychological stance of a raped victim and a witness of rape. Rape is a bodily violation that abuses the victim's body and mind. Because rape makes the victim invisible, it does this literally, the perpetrator " covers " her, and figuratively, the rape destroys ... they confronted. A witness saw a pregnant woman whose body was torn open, dead, lying in the street, surrounded by pools of blood. This ho...

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