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Escape from Saigon

Americans are now more than ever turning to novels about the Vietnam War for a better understanding of how to deal with the protracted US foreign entanglements that have evolved over the past four decades and the mass refugee exodus that followed the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975

By 1975, US military had been gone for two years. The North Vietnamese Army routed South Vietnam’s forces, resulting in thousands of refugees pouring into Saigon once known as The Paris of the Orient. The world watched and waited for what many expected would be a bloodbath.

Escape from Saigon a Novel follows the fears, romance, danger and heroism of ordinary people trapped in the besieged city. Among them are Matt Moran a former GI attempting to rescue his Vietnamese relatives; Lisette Vo, NBS-TV's first Vietnamese-American correspondent who chronicles the final days with Sam Esposito the hard-hitting Washington Legend journalist; an American businessman risking his life to smuggle out his employees; and the last remaining US diplomatic personnel in Saigon, including the disillusioned Ambassador Graham Martin, military liaisons, and CIA operatives, double agents and spies.

The NVA onslaught is spearheaded by two officers — one intent on maintaining military restraint, the other bent on revenge and will sweep up families, friends, and comrades in this final chapter of a war that has already taken millions of lives.

Escape from Saigon is a story of a city and its inhabitants struggling to survive in its most desperate hours — a tale that stays true to the historic record while recounting moments of human hardship, courage, and triumph.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 264
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781510702981
  • Settings
  • Saigon
  • Genres
  • fiction
  • Release date
  • 2017