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- At war with Asia by Noam Chomsky. Describes the American-Vietnam War, and the bombing campaigns on neighbouring countries.
- Democracy by Joan Didion. Set in Southeast Asia (and Hawaii) at the end of the Vietnam War.
- The Quiet American by Graham Greene
- The Ugly American by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer.
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