The Quiet American
Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard Apr 2026 on The Ezra Klein Show.
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…fareed zakaria recommending novels about american foreign policy idealism
“And the final one, in a similar vein, is Graham Greene's book, The Quiet American. I think that one of the, one of, sometimes novels do it better than anything else. There's a novel set in Vietnam through the eyes of a sour, dyspeptic, world-weary British journalist who sees this very idealistic American who believes that America is going to be able to, you know, bring peace, justice, and virtue to Vietnam.”
The Ezra Klein Show — The Civilization Trump Destroys May Be Our Ownat 1:08:28
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