Forty Days with the Enemy

An account of Dudman’s capture by two NLF members, two Cambodian guerrillas, and a North Vietnamese political officer. In the last analysis Forty days with the Enemy is about people–guerrilla fighters, Cambodian peasants, and three American journalists–who bridge divergent cultures and politics to find a common humanity

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