"What is history," he once asked rhetorically, "but a fable agreed-upon?" The most useful way to think historically—that is, the way to frame the present in terms established by past experience—is to remember that we are often... [read full story]
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President Obama is reviewing the way forward in Afghanistan. His decision will define his presidency much as Vietnam defined the legacy of President Johnson's presidency in the 1960s. At a time when so much opportunity and...
President Obama is reviewing the way forward in Afghanistan. His decision will define his presidency much as Vietnam defined the legacy of President Johnson's presidency in the 1960s. At a time when so much opportunity and...
From the early 1960s to 1975, we as a nation were engaged in a war much like the two wars we find ourselves in today. Vietnam split the country like no other war had since the Civil War pitted brother against brother and...
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are something that should be given more thought than most politicians do, and tying decisions to the political situation in those countries is also wise. Vietnam was a war where we ignored the...
Unraveling the mysteries of Vietnam may prevent us from repeating its mistakes. By Evan Thomas and John Barry | NEWSWEEK From the magazine issue dated Nov 16, 2009 Stanley Karnow is the author of Vietnam: A History, generally...
Dear Mr. President: In these days before a fateful decision, I hope you are hearing the wise counsel of those who directly experienced the Vietnam Quagmire, who now watch you prepare to sink your presidency, like Lyndon...
NATIONAL security can rarely be seen as an absolute state; it exists as a continuum of cost v benefit. Korea, the Malayan Emergency, Confrontation, Vietnam, Namibia, Somalia, Cambodia, East Timor, Afghanistan (twice) and Iraq...
The conventional wisdom among most Republicans is that while the United States had serious difficulty in Vietnam during the early years, by the early 1970s things were turning around, and victory was on the verge....
Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- A new term is making the rounds in foreign policy circles in Washington these days. It is undeniably clumsy. The term is "the un-Vietnam," referring to a war that has been over for 34 years...
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