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For two Americans in Saigon in 1963, the personal and the political combine to spark the drama of a lifetime.
Before it spread into a tragic war that defined a generation, the conflict in Vietnam smoldered as a guerrilla insurgency and a diplomatic nightmare. Into this volatile country stepped Frederick…
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1 author picked Diplomats at War as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Things we experience when we are children are among the most intensely felt and affecting of all. Sometimes these events are deeply personal and private, and sometimes they are inextricable from what is happening in the world at that time. Charles Trueheart's childhood experience of Vietnam was both. A child's memories amid the lead-up to the United States' disastrous involvement, told with the clear-eyed objectivity of a seasoned journalist. Wonderful book.
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