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The Captivity of Cambodia
"Sihanouk treated other nations very much as widespread gossip had it that he treated women: he flirted with them, sometimes loved them, dropped them and scorned them, forgave them and befriended them anew, and, finally, put them in a private pantheon where he could contemplate them according to his momentary whim or what he regarded as their current or potential usefulness."
The Captivity of Cambodia
Return to Vietnam-II
Return to Vietnam-II
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Tito’s Legacy-I
Tito’s Legacy-I
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Tito’s Legacy-II
Tito’s Legacy-II
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The Captivity of Cambodia
The Captivity of Cambodia
"Sihanouk treated other nations very much as widespread gossip had it that he treated women: he flirted with them, sometimes loved them, dropped them and scorned them, forgave them and befriended them anew, and, finally, put them in a private pantheon where he could contemplate them according to his momentary whim or what he regarded as their current or potential usefulness."
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Return to Vietnam-II
Return to Vietnam-II
A correspondent revisits Saigon and the central provinces to trace postwar Vietnam’s uneasy blend of revolutionary rigor, market reform, and lingering grief.
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Tito’s Legacy-I
Tito’s Legacy-I
In a post-Tito Yugoslavia riven by nationalism and debt, Milka Planinc and Mika Spiljak struggle to rescue self-managed socialism.
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Tito’s Legacy-II
Tito’s Legacy-II
In a post-Tito Yugoslavia beset by debt, nationalism, and dissent, writers, thinkers, and officials grope toward uncertain reforms.
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The Lockheed Incident-II
The Lockheed Incident-II
How the bribery case against Kakuei Tanaka exposed Japan’s “black mist,” reshaped politics, and forced a national reckoning.
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Saigon Exit
Saigon Exit
An eyewitness account of Saigon’s fall traces last-minute American decisions, frantic evacuations, and the uncertain birth of a new Vietnam.
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From MacArthur to Miki-III
From MacArthur to Miki-III
In a rapidly changing Japan, politicians, students, priests, and novelists struggle with urban chaos, spiritual emptiness, and “my-homeism.”
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We Have Always Survived
We Have Always Survived
A quarter century in Saigon, from colonial café society to war-ravaged sprawl, reveals corruption, resilience, and a city remade by occupation.
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Letter from Saigon
Letter from Saigon
A correspondent chronicles Diem’s fall, the Buddhist uprising, and the generals’ intricate coup in an unraveling Saigon.
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Diem
Diem
A mandarin-turned-President, Ngo Dinh Diem rises from exile to rescue South Vietnam, then rules it as an insular family regime.
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