Jumbled up notes to self: 
 - classic war/love comparison. Countries personified as people: Vietnam as their women (Phuong in particular), ofc Fowler and Pyle as English and American... Mirroring of the personal to the political 
 - "But even while I made my speech and watched her turn the page... I knew I was inventing a character just as much as Pyle was. One never knows another human being; for all I could tell, she was as scared as the rest of us: she didn't have the gift of expression, that was all." 
 - "Sooner or later... One has to take sides. If one is to remain human" 
 Forgot some stuff. Need to reread.