The rain sheeted down, time washed away. I looked down from the rooftop in Saigon where, more than a generation ago, in the wake of … Vietnam: the last battleRead more
Vietnam
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History is the enemy as ‘brilliant’ psy-ops become the news
Arriving in a village in southern Vietnam, I caught sight of two children who bore witness to the longest war of the 20th century. Their … History is the enemy as ‘brilliant’ psy-ops become the newsRead more
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The Hidden Tragedy of the Vietnam War
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr70CISwy_k&rel=0] Nick Turse On Contact
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Remembering the My Lai Massacre
Seymour Hersh talking: I had a little office in the National Press building. I had been a reporter for the Associated Press covering the Pentagon, … Remembering the My Lai MassacreRead more
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The war itself is an indictment of our country
Vietnam Vets Return to My Lai, Where U.S. Slaughtered 500 Civilians Today marks the 50th anniversary of the My Lai massacre, when U.S. forces slaughtered … The war itself is an indictment of our countryRead more
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Vietnam War Is Not Over for Agent Orange Victims
Watching the Ken Burns-Lynn Novick 18-hour series, “The Vietnam War,” is an emotional experience. Whether you served in the U.S. military during the war or … Vietnam War Is Not Over for Agent Orange VictimsRead more
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The Vietnam War is Not History for Victims of Agent Orange
Watching the Ken Burns-Lynn Novick 18-hour series, “The Vietnam War,” is an emotional experience. Whether you served in the US military during the war or … The Vietnam War is Not History for Victims of Agent OrangeRead more
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Pilger Criticizes Ken Burns’s ‘The Vietnam War’
Ken Burns’s 18-hour documentary on the Vietnam War, which aired on PBS and BBC, presented extraordinary footage of the war’s grotesque brutality but also soft-pedaled … Pilger Criticizes Ken Burns’s ‘The Vietnam War’Read more
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Catch-all fisheries are squeezing Asia’s seahorses
A recent study in the journal Fisheries Research by the Canada- and U.K.-based conservation group Project Seahorse estimates that between 127,000 and 269,000 seahorses are … Catch-all fisheries are squeezing Asia’s seahorsesRead more
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The killing of history
http://johnpilger.com/photo/470×357-C5d.jpg The lone survivor of an all-women anti-aircraft battery near Hanoi. Most were teenagers. (Photo: John Pilger 1975) One of the most hyped “events” of … The killing of historyRead more