TY - BOOK AU - Greene,Graham AU - Peterson,Lennart TI - The quiet American T2 - Senior English library SN - 3464052192 PY - 1991/// CY - Berlin PB - Cornelsen, KW - Americans KW - Indochina KW - Fiction KW - Indochinese War, 1946-1954 KW - Triangles (Interpersonal relations) KW - War correspondents N2 - While the French and the Vietminh battle in the paddy- fields of Indo-China, a conflict arises between an idealistic young American and a seasoned and cynical British reporter about the wisdom of involvement. When the American begins to middle in the war and come between the reporter and his Vietnamese girlfriend, the reporter is forced to reconsider his creed of remaining detached. ER -