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From the legal, political, and ethical points of view, much turns on the precise sequence of events by which a war develops. Regrettably, by the time a conflict begins to attract the attention of scholars, it may be too late to... more
From the legal, political, and ethical points of view, much turns on the precise sequence of events by which a war develops. Regrettably, by the time a conflict begins to attract the attention of scholars, it may be too late to reconstruct its origins. Participants die or disappear, records are lost or destroyed, memories fail, or false information is deliberately circulated. The resulting weakness of scholarly investigation then permits those with a vested interest in some particular view to rewrite history in keeping with their own peculiar demonology.
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In general we expect that informed and educated officials highly compensated and well supported by staff will produce above average results. Mr. Thomas Ahern's reports from CIA histories of the Vietnam War instead document that many... more
In general we expect that informed and educated officials highly compensated and well
supported by staff will produce above average results. Mr. Thomas Ahern's reports
from CIA histories of the Vietnam War instead document that many well informed, well educated, hardworking and patriotic people produced much less than optimal results in Vietnam. In fact they produced crap, as Sturgeon wisely warned comes naturally to people who don’t see reality as it really is, which is most people about most things at most times. His studies in combination with some current events stimulate me to ask the question posed in the title of this paper. How might America stop producing excrement in its foreign interventions?
supported by staff will produce above average results. Mr. Thomas Ahern's reports
from CIA histories of the Vietnam War instead document that many well informed, well educated, hardworking and patriotic people produced much less than optimal results in Vietnam. In fact they produced crap, as Sturgeon wisely warned comes naturally to people who don’t see reality as it really is, which is most people about most things at most times. His studies in combination with some current events stimulate me to ask the question posed in the title of this paper. How might America stop producing excrement in its foreign interventions?
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... The sudden departure of Thanom, Prapat and Narong has also unleashed !a spate of inquiries into the cost to Thailand of the dictatorship ... Prasit Kanchana-wat, the former Minister of Commerce, accompanied a Thai table tennis team to... more
... The sudden departure of Thanom, Prapat and Narong has also unleashed !a spate of inquiries into the cost to Thailand of the dictatorship ... Prasit Kanchana-wat, the former Minister of Commerce, accompanied a Thai table tennis team to China in 1972, and seems to have gained ...
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... in its relations with Beijing and Moscow, Hanoi unleashed a diplomatic offensive aimed ... Vietnam in 1975, pledged that Vietnam would not support the Thai insurgency, signed ... Cambodian dissidents under Vietnamese supervision... more
... in its relations with Beijing and Moscow, Hanoi unleashed a diplomatic offensive aimed ... Vietnam in 1975, pledged that Vietnam would not support the Thai insurgency, signed ... Cambodian dissidents under Vietnamese supervision created the Kam-puchea National United Front ...
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... policy of non-violence to a policy of violence is described in my article "The Party Origins of the Second Indo-china War," Asian Survey, X:5 ... the pre-empted classes in the rural areas were the landless, poor and middle... more
... policy of non-violence to a policy of violence is described in my article "The Party Origins of the Second Indo-china War," Asian Survey, X:5 ... the pre-empted classes in the rural areas were the landless, poor and middle peasants, who were the objects of "winning over" (tranh thi ...
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... I would like to record my debt to my friend and teacher, Huynh Kim Cuong, who started ... to mention Robert V. Craig, Larry Crandall, Bruce Kin-sey, Robert Rintz, and Thai Quoc Thanh ... Special thanks are also due to Lieutenant... more
... I would like to record my debt to my friend and teacher, Huynh Kim Cuong, who started ... to mention Robert V. Craig, Larry Crandall, Bruce Kin-sey, Robert Rintz, and Thai Quoc Thanh ... Special thanks are also due to Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Be and Major Jean Sauvageot, who ...