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, and i used to see bodies snaking down the mekong that they had massacred, the civilians. >> the bookan iconic book, published 22 years ago, and very famous, one of the key books therding the memories of indochina war. the question is -- how do we france we were covering the war, the war in middle china? it took 22 years to be translated by the french public. inld you say or think that the west, there are probably some problems to face, because it is, by the way, a war that we lost, and it was quite difficult to address to the public this kind of memory. >> maybe a little bit, but the main reason it was not translated, to be honest with you, as my publisher did not want to translate into into french. i could not do much about it. i always wanted to translated into f french, having a vevery strong attachment to frae in all sorts of ways, of course moving to the former french colonies in cambodiaia, made tht even more strong for me. thatt there is a yes, there is a tennessee bite western countries to try to forget and turn their back on colonial episodes. other same time -- >> t the ame

the most horrific things were happening around the mekong and nice to see bodies of people that were massssacred, a lot of themem civilians. >> the book is an iconic book overseas. it was published overseas. the question is how do we explain why in france we were covering the indochinese war? it took 22 years for it to be translatated for the french public. would you say or think there was maybe in france and in the west particularly some problems to face bad memories because it is by the way, a war that we lost, and it was quite difficult to address to the public these kinds of memories? jon: maybe a little bit. the main reason it was not translated is my english publishers were lazy about trying to promote it in france, and i did not do much about it myself. i always wanted to be translated into french. i have a very strong attachment to france. moving into the french, colonies of vietnam and cambodia made it even more strong for me. i think that there is -- yes, there isis a tenendency to turn their r back on the e attitudes. >> the americans were not too eager to address the defe