Madman Theory: Trump v. Nixon
When Donald Trump threatened several days ago to bomb Iran “back to the Stone Age” and obliterate Persian culture, I…
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Missed Signals, Misplaced Hope
A Facebook subscriber, who viewed the latest excerpt (Part 6) from Susan Hunter’s documentary featuring Vietnam eyewitnesses, recently sent me…
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In Defense of Nick Ut — and the Integrity of Witness
Full disclosure: Nick Ut is an old friend from my Vietnam days, and I have long believed he took one of the…
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William F. Buckley admitted breaking CIA’s rules—three years too late
Playing favorites with national security makes a mockery of it. Author’s note: Sam Tanenhaus has just published a long-awaited biography…
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Ghosts Beckon From Old Saigon
With the 50th Anniversary of the fall of Saigon now upon us, friends and fair-weather facsimiles with some knowledge of my…
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Real Time Relevance of Pentagon Papers Leak
Author’s note: The passing of the incomparable Dan Ellsberg has prompted reams of rhapsodic prose about the importance of the…
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What Vietnam Should Have Taught Us About Afghanistan
A lot of young reporters and budding military historians who wouldn’t know a Chinook from a Polish sausage are suddenly…
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Spies In Vietnam: CIA’s Best Agent, Hanoi’s Nightmare
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Kent State: Morality In Memoriam
The 50th anniversary of the Kent State massacre has come and gone. But May 4, 1970, is forever memorialized in…