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Remembering My Lai in the year of Calley’s apology
Today is the 42nd anniversary of the My Lai Massacre, certainly not a happy memory—in fact , the opposite of that—but one well worth stopping to ponder. On this day in 1968, during the Vietnam War, the...
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Victory in Vietnam: The Myth That Won’t Die But Can’t Stand Up
The U.K. edition of A Vietnam War Reader: A Documentary History from American and Vietnamese Perspectives hits bookstores across the pond today — just as Britons head to the polls to elect a new Prime...
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The McChrystal Affair: Pity the Poor Historian
There is good reason to pity the poor historian, who has been tested especially severely during the recent McChrystal-Obama imbroglio as the eruption of historical parallels and lessons have ranged...
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Michael Hunt: Restrepo: An Oscar for Afghanistan?
Update 4/21/2011:The lamentable news of Tim Hetherington’s death covering the civil conflict in Libya reached us yesterday (20 April 2011). Restrepo is one of this fine and courageous documentarian’s...
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Meredith Lair: Life Needs Frosting, Even in a War Zone
We welcome a guest post today from Meredith Lair, author of Armed with Abundance: Consumerism and Soldiering in the Vietnam War. In the book, Lair focuses on the noncombat experiences of U.S. soldiers...
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Meredith Lair: What Was in the Other Three Bags?
We welcome a guest post today from Meredith Lair, author of Armed with Abundance: Consumerism and Soldiering in the Vietnam War. In the book, Lair focuses on the noncombat experiences of U.S. soldiers...
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Excerpt: War! What is it Good For?, by Kimberley L. Phillips
African Americans’ long campaign for “the right to fight” forced Harry Truman to issue his 1948 executive order calling for equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed forces. War! What is it...
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Excerpt: Arc of Empire, by Michael H. Hunt and Steven I. Levine
Although conventionally treated as separate, America’s four wars in Asia were actually phases in a sustained U.S. bid for regional dominance, according to Michael H. Hunt and Steven I. Levine. This...
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Interview: Michael H. Hunt and Steven I. Levine on America’s quest for empire
Although conventionally treated as separate, America’s four wars in Asia were actually phases in a sustained U.S. bid for regional dominance, according to Michael H. Hunt and Steven I. Levine. This...
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Michael H. Hunt & Steven I. Levine: Power Pivot or Duffer’s Divot?: Obama’s...
We welcome a guest post today from Michael H. Hunt and Steven I. Levine, co-authors of Arc of Empire: America’s Wars in Asia from the Philippines to Vietnam. In the book, Hunt and Levine argue that...
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Steven I. Levine & Michael H. Hunt: Civilian Casualties: Tactical Regrets and...
We welcome a guest post today from Steven I. Levine and Michael H. Hunt, co-authors of Arc of Empire: America’s Wars in Asia from the Philippines to Vietnam. In the book, Hunt and Levine argue that...
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Michael H. Hunt and Steven I. Levine: Troubles with Empire
Today we welcome a guest post from Michael H. Hunt and Steven I. Levine, authors of Arc of Empire: America’s Wars in Asia from the Philippines to Vietnam Although conventionally treated as separate,...
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Remembering My Lai in the year of Calley’s apology
New from UNC Press Blog Today is the 42nd anniversary of the My Lai Massacre, certainly not a happy memory—in fact , the opposite of that—but one well worth stopping to ponder. On this day in 1968,...
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Victory in Vietnam: The Myth That Won’t Die But Can’t Stand Up
New from UNC Press Blog The U.K. edition of A Vietnam War Reader: A Documentary History from American and Vietnamese Perspectives hits bookstores across the pond today — just as Britons head to the...
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The McChrystal Affair: Pity the Poor Historian
New from UNC Press Blog There is good reason to pity the poor historian, who has been tested especially severely during the recent McChrystal-Obama imbroglio as the eruption of historical parallels and...
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Michael Hunt: Restrepo: An Oscar for Afghanistan?
New from UNC Press Blog Update 4/21/2011:The lamentable news of Tim Hetherington’s death covering the civil conflict in Libya reached us yesterday (20 April 2011). Restrepo is one of this fine and...
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Meredith Lair: Life Needs Frosting, Even in a War Zone
New from UNC Press Blog We welcome a guest post today from Meredith Lair, author of Armed with Abundance: Consumerism and Soldiering in the Vietnam War. In the book, Lair focuses on the noncombat...
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Meredith Lair: What Was in the Other Three Bags?
New from UNC Press Blog We welcome a guest post today from Meredith Lair, author of Armed with Abundance: Consumerism and Soldiering in the Vietnam War. In the book, Lair focuses on the noncombat...
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Excerpt: War! What is it Good For?, by Kimberley L. Phillips
New from UNC Press Blog African Americans’ long campaign for “the right to fight” forced Harry Truman to issue his 1948 executive order calling for equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Excerpt: Arc of Empire, by Michael H. Hunt and Steven I. Levine
New from UNC Press Blog Although conventionally treated as separate, America’s four wars in Asia were actually phases in a sustained U.S. bid for regional dominance, according to Michael H. Hunt and...
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