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The plots of this thriller are based on the real danger that threatened the Allied plan "Overlord" to land in France and the accompanying plan "Bodyguard", which had to mislead the Germans regarding the place and time of D-Day.
The Quiet American (1955) is set in Vietnam in the 1950s, during the French colonial struggle against the insurgents. Through the atmosphere of Saigon, Greene creates a tense story of love and political intrigue, with a strong critique of the Vietnam War
The great writer's short novel The Parting Shot is one of those great works in which the conciseness of the statement and the brevity of the form emanate the fullness of the text and the passion of its meanings.
Bulat Okudžava often called his historical novel Meeting with Bonaparte his best work.
These twenty-six stories illustrate Heinrich Boll's finely nuanced storytelling at its best. In stunning portraits of ordinary people, Boll creates a rich tapestry of the dark years in postwar Germany.
The title of this text refers to the white armoured vehicles of UN forces around the world, and also to the UN's role as peacemakers, rescuers and guardians of law and order.