A dragon apparent : travels in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
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A dragon apparent : travels in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
Eland, 2003
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"First published by Jonathan Cape in 1951"--T.p. verso
"First published by Eland in 1982"--T.p. verso
Includes index
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a poignant description of Cambodia, Laos & Vietnam in 1950, with all their beauty, gentleness, grandeur and intricate political balance intact - Restores this lost world, like a phoenix, from the ashes of the Vietnam war and its aftermath - shows the Vietnamese guerilla movement in its infancy, ranged against the French colonial powers, and the early affects of imported Western materialism - a best-seller when first published, and venerated by all the Saigon-based war correspondents in the '70s - inspired Graham Greene to go to Vietnam and write The Quiet American
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