Or with the the enemies call the , american vietnam war. Brian how did you approach this differently . Mark this is the first time a journalist like me would have access to get to meet vietnamese participants. I was able to tell the story through both the american soldiers and marines to five and who fought and also the vietnamese viet cong. I think as time is gone by there was a lot of documentation in the archives and hanoi as well as here in bethesda, maryland, at the national archives. There are also the records of the Johnson Administration at the lbj library. All of William Westmorelands papers are there. Johnsons National Security Council Staff papers. So 50 years is kind of a good time i think to go back. The record is established. The participants are still alive. Brian in the early part of the book you say the battle would be the bloodiest of the war and a turning point not just in that conflict, but in American History. Why . Mark well up until the tet offensive, which this
This 90minute event was hosted by the american historical society. We have a terrific panel for you today. Just by way of introduction, i want to sort of explain how this panel came to be. And that is that we were all participants in an neh Summer Institute on veterans in society, ambiguities and representations. Think the subtitle there is incredibly important, right . Ambiguities and representations. It represents some of the confusion that might exist about who counts as a veteran, what it means to be a veteran, how that meaning has changed over time and how society has miss understand that change over time. How all of these things connect with nonveterans in society. So the Civil Military divide, which is seems to be growing ever greater. And so all of these issues were brought together in a threeweek Summer Institute down at virginia tech, in washington, actually. And where we explored with about 20 other colleagues from a variety of disciplines some of these issues. One of the bi
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We speak with naomi klein, author of this changes everything capitalism vs. The climate. She recently spoke at a vatican Climate Conference organized by pope francis. Naomi you cannot call yourself a climate leader while opening up coal mining. We have to lead it from the ground. Amy then to mexico, where human Rights Groups are calling for a probe into the murder of photojournalist Ruben Espinosa and four others in mexico city. In his final interview, espinosa talked about why he had recently fleeing veracruz for his safety. Leave for common sense. There was an attack on students. We could not in the situation do less with any threat or intimidation. We do not know what will happen. In veracruz, there is no rule of law. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has unveiled his longawaited Climate Change plan to slash Carbon Emissions from u. S. Power plants. Speaking at the white house, oba
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