Greene, Graham: 1904-1991
The Quiet American, 1955 - Background
- In 1951 Graham Greene was on assignment for Life Magazine in what was then called Indochina. In an article in Travel + Leisure of 1973, he described what inspired him to write The Quiet American. An excerpt from this article is read by Martin Evans, Stanford University.
- Graham Greene's Vietnam
- French colonialism in Vietnam
- The Vietnam War from History.com
- Historical Background