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“The evening came to a close and the two women walked hand-in-hand back to the hut, the waves breaking gently on the beach, the stars out up above, a buzz in their heads from the wine and beer. As close to paradise as I could ever imagine, thought Dani.”
― Time Chain
― Time Chain
“You try to occupy this actual world but man there is always a Douglas, always someone ready to fly his pants and call them a flag.”
― I Cheerfully Refuse
― I Cheerfully Refuse
“Now I gazed out of my office window. Slowly the world was changing from old-gold to the deep purple which, in the words of that dreamy song Mum was fond of humming, bathes garden walls under the twinkle of starlight.”
― The Erkeley Shadows
― The Erkeley Shadows
“She wiped sweat from her brow and took one last glance at her tiny Chicago apartment, the peeling paint and dingy windows a stark reminder of the life she was leaving behind.”
― Fertile Ground for Murder
― Fertile Ground for Murder
“Thickly forested regions of Phuoc Tuy including the Rung Sat swamps and farms considered to be controlled by the Vietcong, were regularly sprayed by defoliants including 鈥淎gent Orange鈥 using aircraft. This was both an inhumane and unsuccessful strategy which only destroyed enough food to feed 245,000 Vietnamese people for a year resulting in a propaganda gift to the Vietcong. (Ham, 2007). Given that defoliation did not uncover the enemy, who kept on fighting from jungle, caves and tunnels, the whole defoliation programme must be considered a failure. Given also, that birth defects and other health problems associated with defoliants can be directly blamed upon 鈥淎gent Orange鈥, it stands to reason that the allies in the Second Indochina War who sprayed it upon villages and farms can in fact be said to be, 鈥淕uilty of War Crimes!”
― A Gracious Enemy
― A Gracious Enemy
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