Tag Archives: Vietnam War

secret agent cult: down on the mekong

In fact as in fiction, the spy is the indispensable person of our time. Yet their activity poses a deadly threat to the open society… …Vietnam was an example .There the pawns included not merely secret service, police and paramilitary … Continue reading

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lessons of munich

Is there a “lesson of Munich?” Whatever it is, it was certainly misapplied by the Americans to Vietnam in the same way that the so-called appeasement of the Arab world is likely also a misapplication of Munich applied to a … Continue reading

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4f club : dodging the bullet

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) you little kids born after 1955 probably won’t recognize this thing. i’d forgotten about it, too. but, when it fell out of an old file, it really took me back. this is my draft card! yeah, … Continue reading

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back when chenille was hip

By Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) back in my high school days, life was very different than high school today. to begin with, vietnam hung over all of us like a mushroom cloud. we all knew we were going to become … Continue reading

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jumping the shark in kabul

by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com) The infamous afghan flowchart from hell. this is going to be one of those images of an era. this incredibly impossible chart (claimed to be from a powerpoint, but was actually prepared on another system) is … Continue reading

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A Full Metal Jacket That Fit Him Well

… ” In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence ” claimed sociologist Laurence J. Peter in his 1968 book, ”The Peter Principle”. That is, eventually individuals are promoted to a position where they are … Continue reading

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Blinded By The Darkness

Robert McNamara was a scientifically trained bureaucrat who introduced Ivy League statistical study and modern systems analysis into the sphere of public policy through his tenure as Secretrary of Defence in the United Stated between 1960 and 1967. Vietnam was … Continue reading

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