Does General Vang Pao have an Autobiography Book?

[nkaujcualis]

I'm just wondering if General Vang Pao has an autobiography book? 

[threedegree]

this book was all about GVP


http://www.drugtext.org/library/books/McCoy/default.htm

[Reporter]

Does VP know how to read and write? If not, then he could not have done an autobiography on himself. There might have been biographies on him but there probably isn't an autobiography by him, on him, of him, and for the people.

au·to·bi·og·ra·phy    (ô'tō-bī-ŏg'rə-fē)   
n.   pl. au·to·bi·og·ra·phies
The biography of a person written by that person.
au'to·bi·og'ra·pher n., au'to·bi'o·graph'ic (-bī'ə-grāf'ĭk), au'to·bi'o·graph'i·cal adj., au'to·bi'o·graph'i·cal·ly adv.--Source: American Heritage Dictionary.

[nkaujcualis]

He's getting old now and it can be any day...it would be such a loss to not have an autobiography of him...seriousl y!  He is what we Hmong American, Hmong Laos, Hmong Thailand, even Hmong Vietnam know as a great leader of the Hmong of this era. 

This autobiography of him is priceless.  It would be so good to understand the sacrafices and dicussions of a time of transition for the Hmong when all eyes were laid on him. 

[beester]

Is it true he was a Laotian kid adopted by a Hmong family? I thought I heard this from someone. Even if there was an autobiography, we wouldn't know all the secrets and motivations of the guy. Probably only the good stuff that he wants us to know.

[nkaujcualis]

See if you can have him study written Hmong quickly and write down his story before that time comes then.

The other alternative is to have someone else do a biography on him.

Well...either that or have his sons which are the closest to him do a biography on their own father.  Or have a professional write for him.  A lot of autobiography are written by professionals while the person just talks about their life.  I mean com'on...this is our history.  It's so sad just thinking about it.

[beester]

Why do people make him out to be a God or something. Yes I am grateful to him for being here in the US, but that does not give him the right to do all the things he has done. Like it or not, history goes on with or without him.

[nkaujcualis]

Why do people make him out to be a God or something. Yes I am grateful to him for being here in the US, but that does not give him the right to do all the things he has done. Like it or not, history goes on with or without him.

No leader is a good leader because all we will ever see while they are alive is all the negative things they've done.  But through all the negative things they've done also brings us positive things...which we learn to appreciate and cherish only after they are dead.

Only few people will ever make a change for our people and whether you like him or not (or what bad cause he may have done you or your family tree or even some Hmong)...he had made a big change for us "Hmong" in many ways.

He is the kind of person that our own future childrens will want to learn and know about. 

[beester]

No leader is a good leader because all we will ever see while they are alive is all the negative things they've done.  But through all the negative things they've done also brings us positive things...which we learn to appreciate and cherish only after they are dead.

Only few people will ever make a change for our people and whether you like him or not (or what bad cause he may have done you or your family tree or even some Hmong)...he had made a big change for us "Hmong" in many ways.

He is the kind of person that our own future childrens will want to learn and know about. 

I doubt it.

[beester]

Not so much. He is someone that I would not want my children to grow up knowing. I disagree with the facts about him being a good leader and sacrificing many things to change Hmong. I think he is selfish and just wants fame. A true leader will set good boundaries for his people and be an idol. VP was just someone who took on the role of being the Hmong President and used that name to destroy other clans. Nothing about him would be interesting if there were to be an autobiography about him. 

 

[nkaujcualis]

Not so much. He is someone that I would not want my children to grow up knowing. I disagree with the facts about him being a good leader and sacrificing many things to change Hmong. I think he is selfish and just wants fame. A true leader will set good boundaries for his people and be an idol. VP was just someone who took on the role of being the Hmong President and used that name to destroy other clans. Nothing about him would be interesting if there were to be an autobiography about him. 

Well even if that's what he had done, he had also done a lot of good things too.  Like I mention above, we can only see the negative things about them while they're alive.  But until he is dead, that's when you will see all the good things he's done. 

Besides, you may not want your children and grandchildrens to know about him.  But that doesn't mean they (themselves) don't want to know about him.  Also, an autobiography would be great because you never know what really went through his mind and heart in such era.  Perhaps we all may think he took the title of a General to gain fame and destroy clans, but he probably also took it because there was no one else who was going to stand up and take it in times of hardship and build the bridge for the rest of the Hmong.  Sometimes we are overlooking the great deeds that works behind the scene. 

[Reporter]

No leader is a good leader because all we will ever see while they are alive is all the negative things they've done.  But through all the negative things they've done also brings us positive things...which we learn to appreciate and cherish only after they are dead.

Only few people will ever make a change for our people and whether you like him or not (or what bad cause he may have done you or your family tree or even some Hmong)...he had made a big change for us "Hmong" in many ways.

He is the kind of person that our own future childrens will want to learn and know about. 

In what way?

[Reporter]

I doubt it.

I think that if VP had quit two decades or so ago, he would have had a better name than the damage he has done to his own reputation.

[beester]

I think that if VP had quit two decades or so ago, he would have had a better name than the damage he has done to his own reputation.

I believe so. It was great that he got us here, but then he went sour when he started collecting money from impoverished Hmong families to start his secret war campaign. Although at least we finally find out that he was actually trying to start his secret war. So all that talk wasn't for naught I guess.

[nkaujcualis]

In what way?

Have you ever thought that maybe our future children or grandchildren will want to know why we were in America in the first place?  All these is going to lead back to GVP...doh!