A first novel of astonishing force, craft and beauty, The Headmaster's Wager conjures up a dizzyingly evocative wartime Saigon in the story… — Janice Y. K. Lee Copy Share Image
“When I crawled down the rabbit hole into the pivotal event of my life--indeed the pivotal event of my generation--to write "Escape… — Dick Pirozzolo Copy Share Image
One book that I heard was circulating the Green Zone was "Bureaucracy Does Its Thing" by Robert Komer , who worked for… — George Packer Copy Share Image
Saigon, U.S.A. aptly documents the birth of a new American community, uprooted in the aftermath of war and forever torn apart by… — Nguyen Qui Duc Copy Share Image
The International Control Commission isn't doing anything, it's never done anything. What good does it do to be on it or not?… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Saigon was an addicted city, and we were the drug: the corruption of children, the mutilation of young men, the prostitution of… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
When helicopters were snatching people from the grounds of the American embassy compound during the panic of the final Vietcong push into… — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
In the modern operas that 'Miss Saigon' and 'Les Miz' are, nobody breaks out into song from conventional book dialogue. Everything is… — Lea Salonga Copy Share Image
Nobody gives way to anybody. Everyone just angles, points, dives directly toward his destination, pretending it is an all-or-nothing gamble. People glare… — Andrew X. Pham Copy Share Image
Imagine that -- a country that's supposed to be a democracy, supposed to be for freedom and all of that kind of… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
I took some voice lessons here and there as a teenager but nothing too serious. I started taking it more seriously when… — Lea Salonga Copy Share Image
I did not feel - in President [J.F.] Kennedy's words - that we could win the war for [the government in Saigon].… — William J. Duiker Copy Share Image
I first became interested in Ho Chi Minh in 1964-1965 while I was stationed at the U.S. Embassy in South Vietnam as… — William J. Duiker Copy Share Image
During the day on Monday, Washington time, the airport at Saigon came under persistent rocket as well as artillery fire and was… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
I beg young people to travel. If you don't have a passport, get one. Take a summer, get a backpack and go… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I was 17 when I auditioned for 'Miss Saigon.' I really grew up doing that show. I pretty much knew, almost a… — Lea Salonga Copy Share Image
If one little old general in shirt sleeves can take Saigon, think about 200 million Chinese comin' down those trails. No sir,… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
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