Peter Rodman:Military historians seem to be converging on a consensus that by the end of 1972, the balance of forces in Vietnam had improved considerably, increasing the prospects for South Vietnam’s survival. That balance of forces was reflected in the Paris Agreement of January 1973,...
Vietnam
More squirrel bait regarding the American war in Vietnam, today from Peter Rodman, whose ongoing devotion to Henry Kissinger -- his first boss -- is touching if nothing else:Military historians.
I suppose it's comforting to see the President continues to know fuck-all about the American war in Vietnam.On Wednesday in Kansas City, Missouri, Bush will tell members of the Veterans.
The Financial Times is reporting that Chinese-made weapons are being supplied, through Iran, to insurgents in Afghanistan and Iraq. A senior US official recently told the FT that Iran appeared to be providing the Chinese-made weapons. He said Washington had no evidence that Beijing was...
Peter Rodman and William Shawcross had an op-ed in the New York Times on Thursday that was staggeringly mendacious even for neo-conservatives. First, we have the Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer defense,.
In 1351, a Lao princeling who had fled as a refugee to the Court of Angkor raised an army of 10000 Khmer to defeat rebellious Lao tribes on Angkor's northern.
It's the 39th anniversary of this scene, made famous in a photo by Eddie Adams. The image depicts the summary execution of Nguyen Van Lan -- an NLF fighter -- by Lt. Col. Nguyen Ngoc Loan, the South Vietnamese director of police, after a street...
Indeed.As a teacher of military affairs and American foreign policy, I cannot emphasize enough how widely the "dirty hippies lost the war" narrative is held among college students, even those.