This (Vietnam) was a land of rebellious barons. It was like Europe in the Middle Ages. But what … - Graham Greene

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This (Vietnam) was a land of rebellious barons. It was like Europe in the Middle Ages. But what were the Americans doing here? Columbus had not yet discovered their country.

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