Drew Gilpin Faust discusses her book, “This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War,” a thoughtful study of the impact of the war’s massive death toll on society and government.
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Letter From Vietnam Magazine – October 2007
Why have so few Americans ever heard about Billy Walkabout? The Vietnam War had […]
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Battle of Khe Sanh: Greatest U.S. Victory in Vietnam — or Worst Defeat?
U.S. Marines and their allies killed thousands of NVA, but to solve the riddle of Khe Sanh, you have to recount the numbers.
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Muhammad: The Warrior Prophet
Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, was also a truly great general. In the space of a single decade he fought eight major battles, led eighteen raids, and planned another thirty-eight military operations.
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Letter From April 2007 Vietnam Magazine
Vietnam’s Voices in the Wilderness In this issue, we examine two Americans who are […]
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Letter From February 2007Vietnam Magazine
Military Intelligence and Other Oxymorons This issue’s article about CIA analyst Joe Hovey is […]
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How Captain James Jabara Became the First American Ace of the Korean War
Captain James Jabara became the first American ace in Korea when he turned his fifth MiG into a ‘whirl of fire’…and he had only just begun. Before he was done, he would record 15 ‘kills.’
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Letter From December 2006 Vietnam Magazine
America loses another of its multiple-war heroes For all too many people today, Vietnam […]
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CORDS: Winning Hearts and Minds in Vietnam
At the heart of civil operations and revolutionary development support (CORDS), a unique hybrid civil-military structure, was the U.S. province senior adviser: an interview with Brigadier General Philip Bolté, U.S. Army (ret.)
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Letter From October 2006 Vietnam Magazine
Tet in Bien Hoa and Long Binh Thank you for Lt. Col. John Gross’ […]