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Vietnam War

Lessons from the Bloc

Robert D. English | Sep 04, 2007
What the collapse of the Soviet Union should have taught us about Iraq.

The President's Man

I.M. Destler | Jan 03, 2007
McGeorge Bundy’s honest reversal on Vietnam contrasts with the Bush team’s unwillingness to look back—or forward.

Birds of a Feather

Angelo M. Codevilla | Mar 01, 1994
Bosnia and Haiti, Somalia and North Korea .

The '1205 Document': A Story of American Prisoners, Vietnamese Agents, Soviet Archives, Washington Bureaucrats, and the Media

Stephen J. Morris | Sep 01, 1993
Last January, I was sitting in the former headquarters of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, reading top-secret Soviet files about the Vietnam war.
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Commentary

Another "Morning in America"?

Geoffrey Kemp | Dec 15, 2010
As the 1970s proved, things may get worse before they get better for the United States.

Conservative Columnist

J. Peter Pham | Jun 11, 2007
As the Vietnamese president visits Washington, no one can forget his country's unmatched geopolitcal endowments of interest to anyone seeking a "hedge" against a rising China.

Don't Compare Iraq to Vietnam

Dimitri K. Simes | Jan 16, 2007
As tempting as the comparison may be, America’s involvement in Iraq has followed a starkly different trajectory than its previous misadventure in Vietnam.

Blogs

Shooting First and Asking Questions Later

Paul R. Pillar | Jan 17, 2012
Americans must ask the tough questions now, not after a military adventure in Iran goes sour. 

The Visible and Invisible Effects of War

Paul R. Pillar | Jan 03, 2012
Anything close to a full balance sheet on the most recent wars will be a long time in coming.

Secret Papers and Stupid Wars

Paul R. Pillar | Jun 16, 2011
The Pentagon Papers are now fully subject to public scrutiny. The same cannot be said for the intentions of the Daniel Ellsbergs and Bradley Mannings of the world.
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Books & Reviews

In the Hall of the Vulcans

Anatol Lieven | Oct 25, 2011
We thought the lessons of Vietnam could never be unlearned. But Washington warmongering heeds no warnings, plunging America into the quagmires of Iraq and Afghanistan. The depths of dysfunction behind these decisions seemingly know no bounds.

A Warrior Ethos

Bing West | Jun 28, 2010
Counterinsurgency is not a cure-all. Local allegiances will always trump the might of the invader. Washington’s insistence that the troops turn Kabul into a functioning democracy will only erode the military's fighting spirit.

Homo Neoconus

Jacob Heilbrunn | Jul 02, 2008
Everyone knows about Bill Kristol and Robert Kagan. But what about their intellectual godfather? A look at the original democracy-promoting liberal defense hawk, JFK and LBJ advisor Walt Rostow.
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