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This book examines the meteoric rise and subsequent rapid fall of a democracy movement led by Buddhist monks in Vietnam.
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From page one, America’s longest war envelopes you. From the opening paragraph you smell, hear, feel and taste Vietnam—get a sense of the real deal. You soon experience events not just as a foreigner but also as a Vietnamese. You find yourself walking among pagodas, university halls, American firebases, villas, hooches, foxholes and cathouses—all venues vital to understanding what was and was not. You are back in the last year of the Fire Horse, during a time when only Buddha can help his war weary people. Before you can extract yourself, a web of wartime intrigue ensnares you. Soon you are watching in horror as characters wander into harm’s way, during an ending of all out betrayal.
Diverting The Buddha's cast of characters is very familiar today—a Texas White House, executives
in charge of questionable investment driven companies and down in the dumps agencies of national ecurity.
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“Perhaps, the Boss felt something had gone wrong within the tight circle of deals Mel had been making, maybe a bean counter got a whiff of the old merchant’s back channel transfer. From Chapter 35 of “Diverting The Buddha”
“The little guy, suddenly realizing he had come face to face with a not to be messed with, just shot at, seasoned American veteran with a wounded Dodge, could only say, "Bon Salem. You souvenir then no sweaty da GI." From Chapter 5 of “Diverting The Buddha”
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