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The Green Barrese: A History of American Paternalism
Viet Thanh Nguyen: The Green Barrese is very much part of that Western tradition. He says it's portrayal of the Vietnamese reflected how many Americans viewed Vietnam in the 60s. Author and scholar won a Pulitzer Prize for his 2015 book The Sympathizer about a spy who gets caught up in an out-of-control Vietnam War film.