http://dir.salon.com/topics/vietnam/?source=rss&aim=vietnam en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT By William Astore Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/13/mailer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/13/mailer/index.html?source=rss On Afghanistan, Obama needs the input of freethinking outsiders, not generals. What if LBJ had listened to Mailer? By Mark Benjamin Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/07/arlington_cemetery/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/07/arlington_cemetery/index.html?source=rss The first headstone stamped "Unknown" since 1984 is the result not of war's chaos, but of human error By Nick Turse Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/18/turse_recipe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/18/turse_recipe/index.html?source=rss Many makers of familiar products used to make weapons for the U.S. military. In tough times, the practice could be making a comeback. By Walter Shapiro Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/11/17/ayers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/11/17/ayers/index.html?source=rss Sarah Palin called him a terrorist, Barack Obama called him an acquaintance. A Salon editor who knew Ayers back when talks to the ex-Weather Underground member turned Republican talking point. By Vincent Rossmeier Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/10/14/mccain_warner/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/10/14/mccain_warner/index.html?source=rss Warner Bros. blocks the release of the DVD version of "Hanoi Hilton," which includes an interview with John McCain about his time in captivity in Vietnam. By Mark Benjamin Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/01/mccain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/01/mccain/index.html?source=rss The former POW's Senate career has been marked by his outspoken determination never to repeat Vietnam mistakes. So why does he support the Iraq war? By Mark Benjamin Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/03/13/winter_soldier/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/03/13/winter_soldier/index.html?source=rss Like Vietnam vets did decades ago, a group of soldiers are poised to speak out about atrocities they say the U.S. committed in Iraq and Afghanistan. By Mark Benjamin Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/29/mccain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/29/mccain/index.html?source=rss Hint: Members of the POW community -- ex-prisoners, their families and the families of those still unaccounted for -- have issues with him. By Laura Miller Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2007/12/12/best_books/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/awards/2007/12/12/best_books/index.html?source=rss From an imaginary history of Alaskan Jews to a compelling glimpse of the CIA, we pick the 10 most pleasurable reading experiences of the year. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2007/09/13/westmoreland_petraeus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2007/09/13/westmoreland_petraeus/index.html?source=rss The full transcript of Gen. William Westmoreland's Nov. 19, 1967, appearance on "Meet the Press" to discuss progress in Vietnam. By Tim Grieve Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/08/22/bush_speech/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/08/22/bush_speech/index.html?source=rss The president's "new defense" of the war in Iraq. By Joe Conason Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/08/17/giuliani_article/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/08/17/giuliani_article/index.html?source=rss Reading Giuliani's pompous foreign policy rhetoric and imagining he might somehow become president induces a deep sense of gloom. By Shaun McCanna Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/07/afghan_heroin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/07/afghan_heroin/index.html?source=rss Simultaneously stressed and bored, U.S. soldiers are turning to the widely available drug for a quick escape. By Patrick Smith Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2007/06/29/askthepilot237/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2007/06/29/askthepilot237/index.html?source=rss I take the "flight of a lifetime" on an F-4 Phantom fighter jet and am scared witless. But I'd do it again just to experience six G's. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/16/south_korean_offshoring/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/16/south_korean_offshoring/index.html?source=rss Production moving overseas, good jobs disappearing, national angst upwelling... South Korea sings the grownup globalization blues By Gregory Levey Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/03/awol_in_canada/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/03/awol_in_canada/index.html?source=rss American soldiers are fleeing the Iraq war for Canada -- and U.S. officials may be on their trail. North of the border is no longer the safe haven it was during the Vietnam era. By Myra MacPherson Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/30/hagel_brothers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/30/hagel_brothers/index.html?source=rss After saving each other's lives in combat, Chuck Hagel, the future Republican senator of Nebraska, and his brother Tom fought about Vietnam and Iraq -- until they finally saw eye to eye. By Sen. Jim Webb Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/02/07/webb/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/02/07/webb/index.html?source=rss Why I back the Warner-Levin compromise as a first step to changing direction in Iraq. By David Puner Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/politics/2007/01/25/john_kerry_passes_on_2008/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/politics/2007/01/25/john_kerry_passes_on_2008/index.html?source=rss The senator wants to work on avoiding "catastrophe." By Tim Grieve Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/11/17/vietnam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/11/17/vietnam/index.html?source=rss We'll win in Iraq unless we quit. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/11/14/wto_watch/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/11/14/wto_watch/index.html?source=rss The House surprises Bush on Vietnam. Meanwhile, in Russia, the allofmp3.com deathwatch begins By Garrison Keillor Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/11/08/keillor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/11/08/keillor/index.html?source=rss An influx of inspired Democrats and a smart, well-spoken woman for speaker could be just what the doctor ordered. By Mark Benjamin Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/11/02/mil_protest/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/11/02/mil_protest/index.html?source=rss A new protest movement inside the military -- including active-duty soldiers back from Iraq -- is calling on Congress to end the war immediately. By Adrienne So Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/13/pregnant/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/13/pregnant/index.html?source=rss A Vietnamese inmate gets pregnant while in solitary confinement. Will she still die by firing squad, or will her pregnancy save her life? By Christian Parenti Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/09/23/rabbit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/09/23/rabbit/index.html?source=rss Dave Rabbit was a renegade pirate DJ in Vietnam who railed against LBJ to the sound of Jimi Hendrix. Now the garrulous Texan granddad is packing up his old persona, minus the psychedelics, and heading to Iraq.