Abstract
The war in Vietnam and the ensuing refugee crisis have been conventionally interpreted within the context of the ideological and geopolitical rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union. But how did the Cold War affect the people in Vietnam, especially the “boat people” who fled the country in the late 1970s? Using the lens of ethnicity, this chapter focuses on those of Chinese ancestry who left Vietnam in boats that made their way to countries throughout Southeast Asia. By analyzing the ethnic implications of the exodus of refugees from Vietnam, this chapter shifts attention away from the geopolitics and ideologies that have dominated scholarship on the Vietnam War and offers an alternative view centered on ordinary people whose ethnic identity, more than ideological or political views, shaped experiences of and perspectives on the Vietnam War.
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