“The United States, the world’s strongest country and still riding high off its victory in World War II, was confident in its power — and its virtue,” he wrote in“In contrast,” he continued, “the South Vietnamese, citizens of a fragile state newly freed from colonial rule and threatened by internal insurgency and external invasion, recognized their desperate need for American help, but they were also acutely sensitive to dominance by an outside power.
In the book — a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award — Dr. Herring dismissed popular notions of an American trend toward isolationism, chronicling U.S. involvement with foreign powers since before the republic was formed. By the end, he had a warning for American readers. He taught at Ohio University in Athens for four years before joining the University of Kentucky in 1969 and took emeritus status in 2005. He also taught at institutions including the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and served on a panel that advised the CIA on the declassification of government records.
In order for America to provoke tension in the world. That's what it is doing now.
Mr.Harring!😇🥰😍🤩🤗
Very good Mr.Harrison!😇🥰
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i was told it's because there was a student uprising because i think france wanted to buy land in vietnam and they started a war over a simple land deal like the top brass of several nations were doing something and the kids were disruptive
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