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Truong (Give Peace a Chance) experienced part of the Vietnam War as a child, living in Saigon with his Vietnamese diplomat father and patrician French mother. The upper-class family weathers shortages, bombings, and troops everywhere, while the children play at war themselves, even—disturbingly—reenacting with toy figures a Buddhist monk's self-immolation of protest. Despite encroaching chaos and widespread ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More