The final hours of a remote outpost—called a “Khe Sanh in reverse”—were heroic ones
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The Christmas Bombing of Hanoi: A Great Victory or an Epic Blunder?
Was the December 1972 bombing of Hanoi a great victory that brought “peace with honor”? Or was it a blunder that cost South Vietnam its freedom?
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Robert Byrd Consorts With a KKK Grand Dragon
One Saturday in the 1920s, a small boy named Robert Byrd stood at a […]
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A Short History of Debt
The last time government red ink posed such a dire threat was during the […]
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Voices | Peter Pace
Peter Pace, a Marine lieutenant whose platoon engaged in fierce fighting near Hue in […]
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Brown Water Admiral
Hard-charging Elmo Zumwalt’s Operation Sealords blasted the Viet Cong out of the waters of the Mekong Delta
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Books in Brief | W.D. Ehrhart in Conversation
W.D. Ehrhart in Conversation: Vietnam, America and the Written Word, edited by Jean-Jacques Malo, […]
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Arms and Men: Pump Up the Volume
From trumpets at Jericho to Eminem at Fallujah, music and sound have been valuable […]
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How I Accidentally Witnessed A Big Battle At Long Binh
He showed up for his typical night shift at the office. But a battle was waiting instead.
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Tet: The Center of the Storm
While Tet remains widely regarded as a big surprise, Lt. Gen. Frederick Weyand saw […]