Vietnam War 
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SOURCE: London Review of Books
3/1/2023
Review: The Unfinished Business of "Double V"
by Eric Foner
Eric Foner considers recent books on racism in the military in World War II and in Vietnam.
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1/29/2023
No Golden Anniversary for the Paris Peace Accords
by Arnold R. Isaacs
While the West observes January 27 as the anniversary of the agreement, it was already January 28 in Vietnam when the accords took effect, a telling symbol of the disjunction between American and Vietnamese views of the conflict and its stakes that contributed to their tragic failure.
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1/29/2023
50 Years After the Paris Accords: How the US Lost, then Won, in Vietnam
by Robert Buzzanco
As Vietnam becomes increasingly integrated into global capitalism, the temptation to identify a long-term victory for American interests in southeast Asia should be tempered by awareness of the massive human cost paid by the Vietnamese.
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SOURCE: The Baffler
12/14/2022
Why the POW-MIA Flag Now Flies Over America
by John Thomason
The mandate to fly the black banner over many government buildings across the nation reflects the organized power of a New Right faction that crafted a myth of soldiers left behind to air broader cultural grievances about militarism, masculinity, and a supposedly wayward nation.
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SOURCE: New York Times
12/6/2022
Don Luce, Activist Against Vietnam War, Dies at 88
Luce helped expose the torture and human rights abuses carried out by the government of South Vietnam, and campaigned against the war after being expelled from South Vietnam as an aid worker.
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12/4/2022
Farewell, Brother Staughton
by Carl Mirra
Staughton Lynd was always in the trenches fighting for a better world, and for that he remains a “admirable radical” and, for that matter, a beautiful person.
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11/6/2022
Russian Soldiers' Calls Home Echo Moral Injury Testimony of Vietnam Vets
by Elise Lemire
Translations of intercepted calls from Russian soliders in Ukraine reveal guilt, shame, anger, and loss of faith in national institutions and leadership that echo the testimony of Vietnam Veterans Against the War. Will these veterans help launch resistance to Russian militarism?
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SOURCE: Tropics of Meta
10/21/2022
Screaming Past Each Other at Christmas: Debating the End of the Vietnam War
by Ryan Reft
In December 1972 the United States launched a massive bombing campaign, notionally to force the North back to the bargaining table and secure an "honorable" peace. The fierce debate between Anthony Lewis and Robert Conquest over the merits of that reasoning would resonate for years.
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10/23/2022
After 50 Years, the Truth About the Vietnam Peace Agreement Remains Elusive
by Arnold Isaacs
In October 1972, Henry Kissinger declared "peace is at hand" in Vietnam. Why, then, did the United States continue bombing North Vietnam? Official deception still colors American foreign policy and military strategy today.
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SOURCE: Columbia News
8/13/2022
A Columbia Prof. Fact-Checked the New Vietnam-Era Film "The Greatest Beer Run Ever"
Although it tells the story of American protagonists, Prof. Lien-Hang Nguyen worked with the producers to ensure accuracy and avoid stereotyping in the depiction of Vietnamese characters in the film; she susggests that there are many more Vietnamese stories to tell.
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5/1/2022
1968: A Year of Dashed Hopes
by Walter G. Moss
While people seek to confront life's challenges with hope and courage and banish fear and doubt, some years, like 1968, don't make that easy.
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5/1/2022
Ukraine Evokes Past "Eve of Destruction"
by Richard Aquila
In 1960s America, popular songs gradually roused the conscience of many Americans against the war in Vietnam. What forces might make Russia (as well as Ukraine and the west) push away from the brink of unthinkable acts mass destruction?
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SOURCE: Substack
4/20/2022
What Did We Do in Indochina? Robert Buzzanco Interviewed
"There’s widespread politically useful misinformation about the war. And there’s also widespread liberal apologetics for the war."
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SOURCE: The New Yorker
2/16/2022
When Eartha Kitt Disrupted the Ladies Who Lunch
In 1968, real life imitated "Batman" as the Catwoman actress broke the veneer of politeness at a luncheon hosted by Lady Bird Johnson to denounce the war against Vietnam. But while Catwoman always got away, Kitt's career was destroyed for a decade.
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SOURCE: TomDispatch
1/23/2022
A Very Long War: From Vietnam to Afghanistan
by Andrew Bacevich
The interpretive frameworks – from the "domino theory" to the war on terror – guiding the political decision to wage war are usually rendered incoherent by facts on the ground in combat. This cluelessness survived the end of the cold war intact and suggests a longer campaign of American empire.
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10/24/2021
The Women Who Won the Vietnam War
by Sherry Buchanan
Fifty years on, the history of the women who defeated a superpower, while celebrated in Vietnam, remains largely unrecognized and undocumented in our history of the war.
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SOURCE: TomDispatch
10/17/2021
Seeing the Future When No One Believes You
by Rebecca Gordon
The recollections and rehabilitations occasioned by the 20th anniversary of the War on Terror are, predictably, giving short shrift to the voices of dissent who questioned the ability of American military power to resolve political conflicts. Like their mythical namesake, those denounced as Cassandras in 2001 were right.
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9/12/2021
The Missed Lesson of Vietnam: Plan for Unconditional Victory or Don't Intervene at All
by James D. Robenalt
Comparisons between American withdrawal from Vietnam and Afghanistan miss a key point: failure was overwhelmingly likely from the beginning because, if the United States was unwilling or unable to secure unconditional surrender, time was on the side of its foes.
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9/5/2021
Resettling Refugees is Harder than You Think – A Personal History
by Ron Steinman
Experience shows that resettling refugees isn't easy. But with respect for common humanity and dedication, it's possible.
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SOURCE: History.com
9/1/2021
Vietnam's Postwar Refugee Crisis
“The United States doesn’t take enough into account how refugee migration and displacement are a part of all of our foreign policy interventions,” says historian Phuong T. Nguyen. “We need to be prepared to handle the humanitarian crisis that inevitably follows.”
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