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I’m eight months older than President Barack Obama, so we fall into the same generation. Of course, the similarities end there, including his ascent to a slightly higher administrative level than I will ever reach. Still, we share some things in common because we gained an awareness of the world around the same time, in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Vietnam’
Lessons for Late Baby Boomers
by Tom ZeilerTuesday, January 26th, 2010
Tags: Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Bill Clinton, China, Communism, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, globalization, iran, iraq, Jimmy Carter, Lebanon, Lyndon B. Johnson, Marshall Plan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Nobel prize, Olympics, Ronald Reagan, South Africa, Taliban, Vietnam
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Weekly Digest – 10/19/09
by Nick DucoteMonday, October 19th, 2009
As the U.S. postpones a decision on Afghanistan, Gerald Posner reports on a new secret weapon in the arsenal of the Taliban and Al Qaeda: getting the Army addicted to their cheap heroin. [more]
President George H.W. Bush thought that after the victory in the Gulf war we had “kicked the Vietnam syndrome once and for [...]
Tags: bipolar, counterterrorism, Darfur, genocide, multipolar, Sudan, Vietnam, Vietnam syndrome, War on Terror
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Weekly Digest — 2/5/09
by Jared ReganThursday, February 5th, 2009
Historical thinking about current foreign relations:
China’s Military Modernization. Vietnam War Crimes. U.S. Communications Embargo on Cuba. America’s position within the International Monetary Fund. Will existing international financial agreements prevail?
Tags: Afghanistan, China, globalization, Human Rights, Military, military-industrial complex, Soviet Intervention, Vietnam
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