{"product_id":"the-quiet-american-isbn-9780140243505","title":"The Quiet American","description":"This edition of Graham Greene's prophetic novel about American involvement in the Vietnam War includes the complete text of the work, along with essays by Greene, extensive historical writings, and relevant literary criticism.Introduction\u003cbr\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI. THE QUIET AMERICAN:\u003c\/i\u003e THE TEXT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII.THE AUTHOR AND HIS WORK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGraham Greene,\u003c\/b\u003e from \u003ci\u003eWays of Escape\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGraham Greene,\u003c\/b\u003e Indo-China: France's Crown of Thorns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGraham Greene,\u003c\/b\u003e A Memory of Indo-China\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGraham Greene,\u003c\/b\u003e Return to Indo-China\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII. ANALOGIES AND PERSPECTIVES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert F. Futrell,\u003c\/b\u003e Origins of the American Commitment to Vietnam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaj. Gen. Nguyen Duy Hinh\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eBrig. Gen. Tran Dinh Tho,\u003c\/b\u003e A Society in Transition\u003cbr\u003eReport by the National Security Council on the Position of the United States with Respect to Indochina, 27 February 1950\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHo Chi Minh,\u003c\/b\u003e Press Conference, 25 July 1950\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDoris M. Condit,\u003c\/b\u003e Indochina: The Threat in Southeast Asia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHo Chi Minh,\u003c\/b\u003e The Imperialist Aggressors Can Never Enslave the Heroic Vietnamese People\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward Geary Lansdale,\u003c\/b\u003e Letter to Joseph Mankiewicz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRenny Christopher,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Quiet American\u003c\/i\u003e [Film commentary and plot summary]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward Geary Lansdale,\u003c\/b\u003e Two Letters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Hawtree,\u003c\/b\u003e Case of \u003ci\u003eThe Quiet American\u003c\/i\u003e [Greene on the film version]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Nashel,\u003c\/b\u003e Lansdale and Greene\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKeith Honaker,\u003c\/b\u003e from Victimized by the French and Chinese\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTakeshi Kaiko,\u003c\/b\u003e from \u003ci\u003eInto a Black Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV. LITERARY CRITICISM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA.J. Liebling,\u003c\/b\u003e A Talkative Something-or-Other\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Vargo,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Quiet American\u003c\/i\u003e and \"A Mr. Liebermann\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eR.W.B. Lewis,\u003c\/b\u003e The Fiction of Graham Greene: Between the Horror and the Glory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorg Gaston,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Quiet American:\u003c\/i\u003e A Secular Prospect\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA.A. DeVitis,\u003c\/b\u003e Transition: \u003ci\u003eThe Quiet American\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip Stratford,\u003c\/b\u003e The Novelist and Commitment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eZakia Pathak, Saswati Sengupta,\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eSharmila Purkayastha,\u003c\/b\u003e from The Prisonhouse of Orientalism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Thomas,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Quiet American\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMiriam Allott,\u003c\/b\u003e The Moral Situation in \u003ci\u003eThe Quiet American\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Cassidy,\u003c\/b\u003e America and Innocence: Henry James and Graham Greene\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJudith Adamson,\u003c\/b\u003e Vietnam\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTopics for Discussion and Papers\u003cbr\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"No serious writer of this century has more thoroughly invaded and shaped the public imagination than \u003cb\u003eGraham Greene\u003c\/b\u003e.\" \u003cb\u003e—Time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGraham Greene\u003c\/b\u003e (1904-1991) was a prolific novelist, short story writer, travel writer and children's book writer. Many of his novels and short stories have been successfully adapted to the movie screen, including \u003cb\u003eThe Third Man\u003c\/b\u003e (directed by Orson Welles), \u003cb\u003eThe End of The Affair\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eThe Quiet American\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301155098853,"sku":"NP9780140243505","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140243505.jpg?v=1767741136","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-quiet-american-isbn-9780140243505","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}