[DOC] [TLE] The Quiet American - Wikipedia [PAR] The Quiet American is a 1955 novel by English author Graham Greene which 
depicts French ... He meets a young American idealist named Alden Pyle, a CIA 
agent working ... Pyle lives his life and forms his opinions based on foreign policy 
books written by York Harding with no real experience in Southeast Asia matters. [DOC] [TLE] Best Intentions: An Appreciation of Graham Greene | World Affairs ... [PAR] Appearing in 1955, Graham Greene's prophetic novel The Quiet American was a 
... French efforts to suppress the Viet Minh insurgency and retain their empire in 
the ... Into this relationship comes Alden Pyle, a young American newly assigned 
as ... Pyle's nominal assignment is a tissue-thin cover; he is actually a CIA agent... [DOC] [TLE] The Quiet American by Graham Greene  Reviews, Discussion ... [PAR] Alger said: Graham Greene is an artist of sarcasm and loathful protagonists. ... of 
Alden Pyle, the eponymous "Quiet American" of what is perhaps the most .... A 
naive American CIA operative, fresh from Yale, arrives in Vietnam and ..... At the 
time in which this novel is set, the Vietnamese are still under French colonial rule. [DOC] [TLE] A haunting portrait of US-backed terror in 1950s Vietnam - World ... [PAR] Dec 17, 2002 ... The Quiet American, directed by Phillip Noyce and currently screening ... agents 
and their local operatives in the dying years of French colonial rule in Vietnam. 
Adapted from Graham Greene's celebrated 1955 novel, it is a timely reminder ... 
The American, Alden Pyle (Brendan Fraser), has been murdered. [DOC] [TLE] The Quiet American - Rutgers University [PAR] Then we see the supposedly innocent American, Alden Pyle (Brendan Fraser), ... 
in the Vietnam war (which the French were still fighting, with U.S. assistance), 
because "It's ... Graham Greene, who was then wintering in Saigon, wondered 
how LIFE ... by Th's agents, Greene began writing his answer in The Quiet 
American. [DOC] [TLE] Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: The Quiet American [PAR] In his novel, "The Quiet American", Graham Greene takes us on a trip deep into 
the ... succinct story, Alden Pyle (the CIA agent) is a prattling fool; Pyle goes on to 
.... naive American economic attach who believes in a "third force" to run 
Vietnam. .... vacuum that the exit of the French and partition of the country will 
create. [DOC] [TLE] America in Iraq: The vain search for a third way | The Economist [PAR] Jun 19, 2014 ... IN Graham Greene's novel "The Quiet American" Alden Pyle, a CIA operative ... 
who thinks third-world countries can be rescued from communism by ... whom 
America backed to run South Vietnam after the French were driven out. ... own 
pseudo-state in the north while pretending they were still part of Iraq. [DOC] [TLE] Edward Lansdale - Spartacus Educational [PAR] Robert Anderson and CIA agent Paul Helliwell set up these black gold ... In 1953 
Lansdale was sent to Vietnam to advise the French in their struggle with the ... In 
1955 Graham Greene published The Quiet American. The novel is set in Vietnam 
and involves the relationship between Thomas Fowler and Alden Pyle. Fowler... [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about ASIA - StudyStack [PAR] ALDEN PYLE, GRAHAM GREENE'S "QUIET AMERICAN", IS A CIA AGENT IN 
THIS ASIAN COUNTRY WHEN THE FRENCH STILL RUN IT, VIETNAM. [DOC] [TLE] 12_342-07_Burns_Art imitates life - Portal de Peridicos da UEM [PAR] officer and CIA operative named Edward G. Landsdale, as a model for fictional ... 
followed by an examination of his fictionalization in Graham Greene's The Quiet 
American .... do the job of running the country and opposing the. Communists. 
The French, who still had 75,000 ... American adventurer, Alden Pyle, who does 
not. [DOC] [TLE] Limited Engagement: "The Quiet American" as History - JStor [PAR] on the French colonialist war in Vietnam for the Sunday Times of London ... 5 
Graham Greene, The Quiet American (New York: Penguin, 1977), 28

Question: Alden Pyle, Graham Greene's "Quiet American", is a CIA agent in this Asian country when the French still run it
Answer: Vietnam