The Destruction of Conscience in Viet Nam

The Destruction of Conscience in Viet Nam

1. Tea in Ambush

Villages in the Delta are laid out mainly along the canals and rivers. “Village” may be the wrong term. The houses stand side by side, strung out for hundreds of yards along a road or path paralleling the water course. Besides, one community virtually runs into the next; so that the line of settlement extends sometimes for miles, punctuated periodically by a short stretch of forest, a pagoda, or a focal market-place town.