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Rereading Vietnam May Help Prevent Same Mistakes

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Stanley Karnow is the author of Vietnam: A History, generally regarded as the standard popular account of the Vietnam War. This past summer, Karnow, 84, picked up the phone to hear the voice of an old friend, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke. Full Article at Newsweek

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