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Starred Review on March 1, 2014 | Fiction
Trust Just, a onetime journalist and author of nuanced political/historical fiction (e.g., the National Book Award finalist Echo House), to offer a sweeping view of late 20th-century U.S. diplomacy. He opens in early 1960s Indochina, when "their army was called a guerrilla force. Our army was called a Military Assistance Command," as eager young Harry Sanders fails at a secret outreach mission to the enemy. Recognized as perhaps too genteel for a business t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More