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What is astonishing about the social history of the Vietnam war is not how many people avoided it, but how many could not and did not.
John Gregory Dunne
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What is astonishing about the social history of the Vietnam war is not how many people avoided it, but how many could not and did not. — John Gregory Dunne

About John Gregory Dunne

John Gregory Dunne was a Novelist from United States (1932–2003).

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John Gregory Dunne lived from 1932 – 2003.
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