Posts Tagged ‘Vietnam’
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The Lessons of Vietnam – Ken Burns
Posted on October 2, 2017
Like many Americans, I watched the latest documentary from Ken Burns that detailed the history of the Vietnam War. Here are the lessons I took away from it: Vietnam was...
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Remembering a D-Day Anniversary
Posted on June 6, 2014
We were in Paris, having a couple of pints at the Harry’s American Bar, when we heard the news. Ronald Reagan had died....
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GOP’s Silent Majority
Posted on September 27, 2011
“And so tonight — to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans — I ask for your support.” In November of 1969, Richard Nixon uttered this line in...
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Collapse of Cold War Consensus
Posted on June 15, 2011
It took awhile, but the Cold War consensus is finally shattering. The Cold War consensus centered around a basic proposition: America was going to both pay and provide the military...
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