(OFF) Vietnam

[Paul Mather]

On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 11:51:46PM +0100, Richard Lockwood wrote:

=> Apologies for the completely off topic post - Can anyone tell me (this is
=> the only mailing list I'm on that has a high proportion of American readers)
=> why America went into Vietnam in the first place?  I know it's a "stopping
=> the spread of communism" thing - but what were the political arguments?

If you don't fancy reading anything, you might want to watch the
recent film _The Quiet American_ starring Michael Caine (which I think
is actually based on a Graham Greene novel).  It deals with the
beginnings of American involvement in Vietnam.  It's a good film, too!

Cheers,

Paul.

e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu

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