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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (c. 1954–1975) was a conflict between the divided halves of Vietnam, the communist North Vietnamese and the non-communist South Vietnam. With the Soviet Union and China supporting the North, and the South aligning with the United States and the West, the war quickly became part of the larger ongoing Cold War.
However, by the mid-1960s the U.S. military’s role in the conflict had evolved from merely an advisory/assistance one to active combat; by the end of the decade, over 500,000 U.S. military personnel were stationed in South Vietnam. Yet the war proved to be unpopular, and af ...more
However, by the mid-1960s the U.S. military’s role in the conflict had evolved from merely an advisory/assistance one to active combat; by the end of the decade, over 500,000 U.S. military personnel were stationed in South Vietnam. Yet the war proved to be unpopular, and af ...more
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A just memory opposes this kind of identity politics by recalling the
weak, the subjugated, the different, the enemy, and the forgotten. A just
memory says that ethically recalling our own is not enough to work through
the past, and neither is the less common phenomenon of ethically recalling
others. Both ethical approaches are needed, as well as an ethical
relationship to forgetting, since forgetting is inevitable. All individuals and
groups are invested in strategic forgetting, and we must for
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― Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War
― Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War
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A president who is burdened with a failed and unpopular war, and who has lost the trust of the country, simply can no longer govern. He is destined to become as much a failure as his war.
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― A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency
― A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency
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