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Oliver Stone on Bringing the Spirit of Homer's Epics to the Screen in <em

Platoon">Oliver Stone on Bringing the Spirit of Homer's Epics to the Screen in Platoon

The Film Director Recalls His 1986 Vietnam Classic

By Oliver Stone | July 22, 2020

A History of Gaps: Who Can Tell the Story of the Vietnamese Diaspora?

A History of Gaps: Who Can Tell the Story of the Vietnamese Diaspora?

Kim-Anh Schreiber on Inhabiting a Territory Defined by Loss

By Kim-Anh Schreiber | April 30, 2020

How Dead Letters Brought My Family to Life

How Dead Letters Brought My Family to Life

Jessica Pearce Rotondi on the Family Saga of Her Missing Uncle

By Jessica Pearce Rotondi | April 21, 2020

The Makings of Grace Paley: Writer, Activist, Feminist

The Makings of Grace Paley: Writer, Activist, Feminist

Judith Arcana on the Writer's Upbringing, Marriage, Motherhood, and Career

By Judith Arcana | December 11, 2019

Political Poetry"> How the Vietnam War Changed<br

How the Vietnam War Changed<br

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Political Poetry">How the Vietnam War Changed
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Deer Hunter, and the Arts That Disillusioned Soldiers Turned to">Daniel H. Weiss on Michael O'Donnell, Deer Hunter, and the Arts That Disillusioned Soldiers Turned to

By Daniel H. Weiss | November 20, 2019

On the Missing History at New York's Battleship Intrepid Museum

On the Missing History at New York's Battleship Intrepid Museum

James W. Loewen Wonders What Happened to Vietnam

By James W. Loewen | November 13, 2019

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Tim O'Brien: Where is Our Allegiance to the “Toneless Dead”?

By Tim O'Brien | October 17, 2019

The Long Legacy of America's Militarist, Racist Demagoguery

By Greg Grandin | September 20, 2019

Hunter S. Thompson, James Salter, and a Drunken Trip to Kentucky

By Timothy Denevi | October 30, 2018

Inside Susan Sontag's Extensive FBI File

Inside Susan Sontag's Extensive FBI File

Classification: “Subversive"

By JPat Brown, B. C. D. Lipton, and Michael Morisy | September 12, 2018

The Vietnam War Deserters Who Sought Asylum in Sweden

The Vietnam War Deserters Who Sought Asylum in Sweden

and the Japanese Government">On the Anti-War Activists Who Took on the U.S. Military
and the Japanese Government

By Matthew Turner | August 3, 2018

Battling American Obfuscation as a Young Black Reporter in Vietnam

Battling American Obfuscation as a Young Black Reporter in Vietnam

Dr. Mary Frances Berry Recalls Her Experience on the Ground

By Mary Frances Berry | March 14, 2018

Photographing a New Era of American Leisure During the Vietnam War

Photographing a New Era of American Leisure During the Vietnam War

Exploring the Disconnect Between a Country at War and Its Citizens

By Joel Meyerowitz | March 13, 2018

The Dirty Secret of War: It Can Be As Compelling As It Is Ugly

The Dirty Secret of War: It Can Be As Compelling As It Is Ugly

Philip Caputo on the Literature of War

By Philip Caputo | October 20, 2017

Separating Truth from Lies in the Face of Atrocity

Separating Truth from Lies in the Face of Atrocity

What, after all, is a truly verifiable or “authentic” image?

By Johanna Skibsrud | June 2, 2017

She Refused to Give Up: Vivian Gornick on Grace Paley's Activism

She Refused to Give Up: Vivian Gornick on Grace Paley's Activism

A Life dedicated to knowing how hard it is to act—and how necessary

By Vivian Gornick | April 18, 2017

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