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The Republicans' Kerry problem: Three decades ago, a worried Nixon White House tried to destroy young John Kerry, a war hero who interfered with its plan to smear Democrats as un-American. Today's White House has the same problem.; By Sidney Blumenthal Feb 12, 2004
The Vietnam smear -- from McCain to Kerry: As Bush's military record comes under harsh scrutiny, the same smear campaign used against John McCain in 2000 is being rolled out against John Kerry.; By Joe Conason Feb 10, 2004
"Tour of Duty" by Douglas Brinkley: A new bestseller makes clear that John Kerry fought heroically in Vietnam -- and heroically against it once he got home. Is there anything else interesting about the guy?; By Laura Miller Feb 3, 2004
Colin Powell's "Fog of War": Colin Powell is more isolated than ever in the Bush administration -- and almost certainly preparing for his retirement.; By Sidney Blumenthal Jan 8, 2004
Kennedy, Vietnam and Iraq: The evidence is clear: JFK decided to withdraw from Vietnam a month before he was assassinated. Setting the record straight is crucial as Baghdad continues to explode.; By James K. Galbraith Nov 22, 2003
"Welcome to Vietnam, Mr. President": As White House denials grow insistent, some of the sharpest thinkers of the Vietnam generation see stark parallels with the war in Iraq.; By Jessica Kowal Nov 17, 2003
Burying brutal truths about war: The Toledo Blade exposed a shocking massacre by U.S. troops in Vietnam that was covered up for three decades, but the media has largely ignored the story. Is the press more timid during wartime?; By Eric Boehlert Nov 12, 2003
Henry Kissinger: The sequel: Heroic statesman or war criminal? America's most legendary living foreign-policy wonk takes another stab at molding his legacy.; By Stanley I. Kutler Sep 30, 2003
Iraq is not Vietnam: The antiwar left shows a troubling indifference to the plight of Iraqis -- and flirts with irrelevance -- by demanding that President Bush bring the troops home now.; By Edward W. Lempinen Sep 22, 2003
The presses must roll: The Supreme Court's Pentagon Papers decision barred an imperious president from blocking publication of explosive government documents about an ill-conceived war. Today, journalists may not be so brave -- or judges so vigilant.; By Gary Kamiya Jul 1, 2003
The day Henry Kissinger cried: My astonishing interview with the man who knows where the bodies are buried.; By Stephen Talbot Dec 5, 2002
McNamara's "Moron Corps": HBO's "Path to War" leaves out some of the most shameful brainstorms of the Vietnam War's masterminds -- including a little-known recruitment program that turned the mentally and physically deficient into cannon fodder.; By Myra MacPherson May 29, 2002
"We Were Soldiers": Mel Gibson fights the good fight in Vietnam in director Randall Wallace's flag-waving war flick with a core of decency.; By Stephanie Zacharek Mar 1, 2002
Is it time for a Vietnam truth commission?: Suppressed atrocities haunt victims, perpetrators and politics alike. That's why unshrouding the secret history of former Sen. Bob Kerrey and the Vietnam War is imperative.; By Bruce Shapiro May 2, 2001
"Ho Chi Minh" by William J. Duiker: The Vietnamese revolutionary emerges as a patriot closer to Thomas Jefferson than to V.I. Lenin in this monumental new biography.; By Stanley Kutler Nov 14, 2000
Wen Ho Lee's reckless defenders: The outrage at the government's prosecution of a major security breach highlights liberals' contempt for U.S. interests.; By David Horowitz Oct 3, 2000
Panama wants to stay out of the drug war: Fearful of walking in the footsteps of Thailand during the Vietnam War, officials in Panama want to stay out of the U.S. offensive in Colombia.; By Mark Schapiro Aug 30, 2000
The girl in the photo: A napalmed 9-year-old became a heartbreaking symbol of the Vietnam War -- now a journalist tells her story.; By Louise Steinman Aug 3, 2000
"Windchill Summer" by Norris Church Mailer: The Vietnam War comes home to Arkansas in a Nancy Drew novel for adults.; By Karen Houppert Jun 19, 2000
Letters to the editor: Readers reflect on the legacy of Vietnam Plus: Can Ritalin be lethal? Darva Conger should keep her clothes on.; May 2, 2000
The Vietnam debacle: The revisionists who believe that the war was just -- and winnable -- are rewriting a history they don't understand.; By Stanley Karnow Apr 27, 2000
What did we learn from Vietnam?: Bobbie Ann Mason, Michael Lind, Philip Caputo, Jonathan Schell and others talk about how the war changed the U.S., and the world.; By Fiona Morgan and Daryl Lindsey Apr 24, 2000
Seymour Hersh: The man who broke the story of Vietnam's My Lai massacre is still the hardest-working muckraker in the journalism business.; By David Rubien Jan 18, 2000
Take-home test: Gov. Bush says he has been reading a biography of former Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Here's a reading comprehension exam for the GOP front-runner.; By David Corn Dec 13, 1999
An unnecessary crock: Michael Lind's "Vietnam: The Necessary War": For some thinkers, that ol' international communist conspiracy will never die.; By Judith Coburn Nov 24, 1999

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