The U.S. & the Vietnamese Again Fight for Southeast Asia
IN Saigon one night last week, the cafés were crowded and new cars streamed along the boulevards beneath the red, green and blue of neon signs. But 40 miles to the north, the small provincial capital of Phuoc Thanh was shrouded in darkness, and the only sounds were the hoots and crackles of the jungle. Its inhabitants slept uneasily behind the protection of a low earthen rampart and tangles of barbed wire guarded by a handful of sentries.
At 1 a.m., Phuoc Thanh woke to...
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