Originally Posted by
Joe
It was, of course, a French war to begin with. Graham Greene's 'The Quiet American' (1955) is an excellent novel set at the time when the French were about to quit and the US intervention was about to begin.
Yes, that's good book, the film was a bit disappointing though.
The French might have been doing the fighting in Vietnam but the yanks were paying for it. It was the price of keeping France out of the Soviet orbit. Blackmail, essentially.
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.