Toward an honest commemoration of the American War in Vietnam
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The Draft: LBJ’s and Putin’s
When I heard news of Putin’s draft I flashed back to 1968. Tens of thousands of us then graduating were being drafted and sent to Vietnam.
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
Director Carl Colby’s compelling portrait of his dad connects two vital relationships—one familial, the other between a man and his country.
Tim Page, Vietnam War Photographer, Dead at 78
Fearless and free-spirited, he pushed the boundaries of life and photography, recording intimate images of combat that helped shift the course of the war. by...
The Senate passed a bill to help sick veterans. Then 25 Republicans reversed course
Veterans groups, family members, longtime advocate Jon Stewart and others gathered outside the Capitol after the vote to voice their outrage.
Robert McNamara as a loving father — who couldn’t talk about Vietnam
That Craig McNamara has survived, and thrived, and given us this staggering book, is something of a miracle.
Ukrainian left urges support for Ukrainian resistance
But count on Washington to interpret the Russia-Ukraine War as an imperative of militant American globalism.
Craig McNamara reflects on being son of Vietnam War architect
“Because Our Fathers Lied: A Memoir of Truth and Family, from Vietnam to Today” reckons with the tolls of decisions and responsibility.
The Full Disclosure campaign is a Veterans For Peace effort to speak truth to power and keep alive the antiwar perspective on the American war in Viet Nam — with a series of 50th anniversary events now occurring. It represents a clear alternative to the Pentagon’s current efforts to sanitize and mythologize the Vietnam war and to thereby legitimize further unnecessary and destructive wars.
“All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory.”
— Viet Thanh Nguyen, Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War
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