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One of the most frightening sentences in any language is 'hello I am from the American government and I am here to help you solve your democracy problems'. This thriller is about American officials treating emerging democracy movements as social cancers.
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Harlestons, South Carolina
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Son Giriş: 26.08.2009
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“DIVERTING THE BUDDHA is a highly recommended political thriller, a driving, powerful, entertaining novel marking Bob Swartzel as a writer of considerable accomplishments.” Midwest Book Review
"DIVERTING THE BUDDHA is an ambitious novel that delivers through a vivid portrayal of the treachery and deceit that emerged during the catastrophic Vietnam War. Bob Swartzel wastes little time in immersing his readers in a chaotic world where poor innocent people are caught between a corrupt Vietnamese leadership, as well as the self-interest of a few profiteers and an American foreign policy gone amok.
Among the many achievements of this novel is Swartzel’s ability to provide his readers with a realistic sense of the historical setting the characters inhabit. No doubt, there are many novels pertaining to the Vietnam War, however, this one stands out as an unforgettable tale at its most emotional and painful with its multiple perspectives pertaining to the politics and history recounted in human terms." Norm Goldman, B.A. LL.L, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com
"I highly recommend this book for all people who would like to know the real story of the war in Vietnam. It truly shows the effect that a war can have on any country and on its institutions."
Muse Book Reviews, reviewed by Barbara Ehrentreu
"This complex and deftly plotted novel examines a massive assault on a people crying out for democracy. It chronicles a time when American efforts to build democracy produced an apocalyptic disaster. While the author spares none of the grisly details of this repression, his special powers of language also brings his characters and their complex world vividly to life. The story leads its readers inside pagodas, university halls and military posts, all venues with which the novelist is perfectly familiar. The major theme of this novel is betrayal—of democratic aspirations, of the American public, of truth itself."
Historian David Heiser, Citadel Military College Ret.
"A novel that looks at a gentle culture that found itself under attack. Being able to understand a complex foreign culture is not an easy task. Yet Diverting the Buddha makes this task very easy. It is a credit to the author’s knowledge and skill." Boggle Books Australia
"A very powerful and disturbing novel." S.V. Swamy Book Reviews
When a powerful nation repeatedly uses military force against emerging democratic movements this is a cause for grave concern, not only for the targeted nation but also for the world at large. When the powerful state, over a period of 60 years, intervenes in order to assure favorable trade arrangements that state is the United States. Beginning in the fifties, repeated American interventions have greatly tarnished the value of the greatest gift humankind has bestowed on itself, democracy.
Diverting the Buddha is the story of a massive military assault on a people crying out for liberty and democratic freedom, a people who would not bend or yield.
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