Vietnam Mary McCarthy Penguin Books Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia First published in the U.S.A. 1967 First published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1967 Published in Penguin Books 1968 Copyright © Alary McCarthy, 1967 Made and printed in Great Britain by C. Nicholls & Company Ltd Set in Monotype Plantin This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser To Jim Contents The Home Programme 9 The Problems of Success 39 Intellectuals 67 Solutions 99 The Home Programme