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Barnes, Thomas Joseph was born on June 18, 1930 in St. Paul. Son of Ralph Weikert and Helen (O'Connor) Barnes.
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Contemporaneous with the American and French Revolutions, the far bloodier Tay Son revolt in Annam, present-day Vietnam, passed virtually unnoticed by the West. This historically accurate account, narrated in the first person by eight of the principal participants, relates how three brothers trained in the martial arts organized and expanded the Tay Son guerrilla movement that gradually extended its sway over the entire country. Nguyen Hue, the ablest Tay Son brother, proclaimed himself King in 1788, and routed a 200,000-man Chinese invasion force the following year, marking the zenith of Tay Son military prowess.
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(The Tay Son Rebellion, starting from a rural guerrilla ba...)
The Tay Son Rebellion, starting from a rural guerrilla base in 1771, slowly grew to national stature. It featured Nguyen Hue, one of Vietnam's greatest military heroes, who overthrew the Trinh shogunate in 1786, and drove out Chinese invaders in 1789. The Tay Son regime foundered in 1802.
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leading its spectators on a journey across displays images, captured mainly during the 1960´s, of a world that no longer exists. The journey starts in Thailand, moves through Vietnam and Laos, and ends in Bali.A revisit to these locales early in the 21st Century would most likely show how modernization improves education, transport, commerce, health, and communications, but tends to blur ethnic distinctions in language, dress, and behavior.
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Barnes, Thomas Joseph was born on June 18, 1930 in St. Paul. Son of Ralph Weikert and Helen (O'Connor) Barnes.
Bachelor, University of Minnesota, 1950; Master of Arts, University of Minnesota, 1951.
With foreign service, 1957-1980; vice consul, Saigon, Vietnam, 1958-1960; principal officer, American consulate, Hue, Viet Nam, 1960-1961; political officer, Bangkok, Thailand, 1962-1964; political officer, Vientiane, Laos, 1964-1967; province senior adviser, Binh Long, Vietnam, 1967-1968; country officer for Laos, State Department, 1968-1970; principal officer, American Consulate, Udorn, Thailand, 1970-1971; associate director, Agency for International Development, Nhatrang, Vietnam, 1971-1972; consul general, Tangier, Morocco, 1972-1973; consul general, Can Tho, Vietnam, 1973; political counselor, Bangkok, 1973-1975; senior staff member for East Asia, National Security Council, 1975-1976; student, Senior Seminar in Foreign Policy, State Department, 1976-1977; regional refugee coordinator, Bangkok, 1977-1978; diplomat-in-residence, U. Hawaii, 1978-1979; director Interagy., Working Group on Kampuchea, Department State, Washington, 1979-1980; with, United Nations High Common for Refugees, 1980-1990; deputy representative, United Nations High Common for Refugees, Somalia, 1980-1981; chief S.W. Asia section, United Nations High Common for Refugees, Geneva, 1982-1986; head supplies and food aid service, United Nations High Common for Refugees, 1986-1987; head organization and management, United Nations High Common for Refugees, 1987-1990; coordinator for operations and program development, International Catholic Migration Commission, Geneva, 1991-1995.
(Contemporaneous with the American and French Revolutions,...)
(leading its spectators on a journey across displays image...)
(The Tay Son Rebellion, starting from a rural guerrilla ba...)
Served to captain Army of the United States, 1951-1956.
Married Mai Tang; children: An, Kim, Kevin. Children by previous marriage: Christopher, Ross, Karen, Shannon.