The Ambassador

morris L. West had a charm in which he swathed his explorations of American Government and foreign relations. He was, an Australian, probably a journalist, to my mild surprise. Well this is his take on what happens when the leader of one of America's client states, in this case the Republic of South Vietnam, has a coup. which was not greatly in keeping with the facade the Americans were trying to throw over their exploitation of South Vietnam. The prose is readable, and the conclusions not surprising, given the dense anti-Communist stance of the USA at that time.

2310 The Ambassador, by Morris L. West (read 21 Jul 1990) This is a 1965 novel and is the sixth Morris West novel I have read. It is about a fictional American ambassador in Vietnam in 1963. It reads just like what probably happened in connection with Diem's overthrow in 1963. The novel seems to breathe authenticity--and makes it clear that overthrowing Diem was not what should have been done, though there were good reasons supporting our course of letting it happen. Powerfully written novel which has not dated at all.

Story of US ambassador sent to Saigon during the US support of South Vietnam against the Viet Cong supported by China. Interesting to read the view of US political interests in the region as well as the different views held by local Vietnamese including the leader.

O embaixador é uma novela do autor australiano Morris West. Foi publicado pela primeira vez em 1965. O romance é ficcionalização do período que antecedeu e logo após o golpe de Estado contra o assassinato do presidente sul-vietnamita Ngo Dinh Diem.

Aproveitando a realidade histórica – os horrores da maior tragédia das duas últimas décadas, a Guerra do Vietnam – Morris West criou um universo imaginário. Maxwell Gordon, embaixador em Saigon, abandona o serviço diplomático norte-americano em busca da paz interior. Ele sabe que serviu bem à sua pátria, mas não está em paz com a sua consciência.

Great

El embajador estadounidense Maxwell Gordon Amberley tiene fama de ser un negociador duro. Sin embargo, cuando lo envían a Vietnam, el dilema que enfrenta lo hace dudar de sí mismo. Se le convierte en árbitro del destino de su nación, por un lado, y de la vida y muerte de la casa gobernante de Vietnam, por el otro. De cada crisis internacional surge al menos un gran libro.

23-4