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Bringing the War Home: How Tim O'Brien Approached the Art of Moral Consequence

Bringing the War Home: How Tim O'Brien Approached the Art of Moral Consequence

Alex Vernon on the Emergence of One of America's Early Literary Voices of the Vietnam War

By Alex Vernon | May 27, 2025

The Acid Queen: Rosemary Woodruff Leary, the Invisible Woman of Western Psychedelia

The Acid Queen: Rosemary Woodruff Leary, the Invisible Woman of Western Psychedelia

Susannah Cahalan on the Disappearing Acts and Unseen Influences of Timothy Leary’s Wife

By Susannah Cahalan | April 23, 2025

So You Want to Flee to Canada: Revisiting a Classic Guide to Leaving America

So You Want to Flee to Canada: Revisiting a Classic Guide to Leaving America

James Folta on the Reissuing of “Manual for Draft-Age Immigrants to Canada”

By James Folta | March 28, 2025

Fictionalizing the Disenfranchisement and Desperation of the Vietnam War Generation

Fictionalizing the Disenfranchisement and Desperation of the Vietnam War Generation

Nicole Cuffy on Immersing Herself in a Hard Chapter of American History

By Nicole Cuffy | March 18, 2025

How the Vietnam War Exposed America’s Military and Political Vulnerabilities

How the Vietnam War Exposed America’s Military and Political Vulnerabilities

James A. Warren on the Origins and Lasting Impact of a Generation-Defining Cold War Conflict

By James A. Warren | March 14, 2025

An Unwinnable War: Why the United States Was Doomed To Fail in Vietnam

An Unwinnable War: Why the United States Was Doomed To Fail in Vietnam

Geoffrey Wawro Explains the Faulty Reasoning Behind America's Decision to Intervene in Southeast Asia

By Geoffrey Wawro | October 30, 2024

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Ralph White on His Wartime Efforts to Rescue Vietnamese Civilians

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How World War II Pacifists Laid the Foundation for Future Struggles

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Daniel Akst on the Unconventional Origins of the Modern Antiwar Movement

By Daniel Akst | December 21, 2022

The Evolution of the Political Lie: David Bromwich on Hannah Arendt and Complicity

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“Are lies then a latent hazard, or are they a usual condition of democracy itself?”

By David Bromwich | September 6, 2022

“Somehow This Madness Must Cease.” Revisiting MLK Jr.’s Sermon Against the Vietnam War

“Somehow This Madness Must Cease.” Revisiting MLK Jr.’s Sermon Against the Vietnam War

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By Open Source | April 8, 2022

Activist Learning: How Anti-Vietnam War Academics Reinvented the Strike

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Ellen Schrecker on the American Tradition of Campus Protest

By Ellen Schrecker | February 14, 2022

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