The Quiet American
by Graham Greene
It's a sort of microcosm for what has actually happened in various parts of the world because of American intervention
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“This was written before the American war in Vietnam. Graham Greene saw it coming. And it was the idealism of liberals in America that led to the invasion of Vietnam by the armed forces. They should have read the book first and realised what they were doing. I think many of them did know what they were doing but they thought it was worth it. They were clearly wrong, for America and certainly for Vietnam.” Read more...
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