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Applying the lessons of Vietnam in Afghanistan and Iraq, part 1
In pedagogy, the indicator that a lesson has been learned manifests in changes in actions, not in a high score on a paper test. Did the United States really learn the lessons of Vietnam? Can we even...
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Eleanor McGovern
The past few weeks have been studded with the deaths of people important to my life, or important in history. The string is a long, unnecessary reminder that there are a lot of people holding history...
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Applying the lessons of Vietnam #2: Honor veterans
Lessons from Vietnam as applied to Afghanistan and Iraq: #2. Honor veterans when they return; honor the soldiers while they serve. One of the great errors of Vietnam was the failure to hold parades for...
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Olio/Olla podrida/Mulligan stew/Stone soup
Here are some of the posts I’ve been thinking about over the past couple of days: Iraq and Vietnam: Writings by Hudson has been reading about LBJ and Vietnam. Santayana’s ghost appreciates the...
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June 5, 1968: The day Bobby died
Jim Booth at Scholars and Rogues wrote about what the death of Bobby Kennedy meant to a 16-year old kid out to save the world from darkest North Carolina. This is just the 39th anniversary of RFK’s...
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Quote of the moment: Lessons of Vietnam, according to David Petraeus
I lift this completely from Chris Bray’s post at Cliopatria: Wise Words “The Vietnam experience left the military leadership feeling that they should advise against involvement in counterinsurgencies...
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Let Xerox help you thank a soldier
One of the lessons of Vietnam was that we need to honor and thank our soldiers especially when they get sent to execute bad foreign policy. So, regardless your views on current conflicts, you could...
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Stanton Sharp history teaching symposium at SMU, February 9
Tired of odd speakers trying to tell you about how boys learn differently from girls because of the size of the Crockus in their brain? How about serious material to beef up your teaching: Vietnam, the...
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Popular idea: Honor the soldiers, sailors and airmen
Interesting. The hottest post on this blog today is the one I wrote about honoring Armed Forces Day — last year! The post for Armed Forces Day this year is up there, too. One of the lessons of Vietnam...
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Robert McNamara, Eagle Scout
A few weeks ago I finally got a copy of “Fog of War,” at Half-Price Books. I’ve watched it three times so far. DVD box for Fog of War, Errol Morris's Academy Award-winning documentary For a talking...
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Dan Valentine: Memorial Day, Part I
By Dan Valentine Memorial Day. War is about death. Plain and simple. It’s been said before. In the past. Many times. It will be said again. In the future. Many times. After 9/11 I wrote a lot of...
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Lessons of Vietnam: Honor the people who serve
Years ago I feared that many of us learned the wrong lessons from Vietnam, or if we learned the right ones, we weren’t applying what we’d learned. This was a bit more important in the earlier days of...
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