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A Better Understanding of the Vietnam War

…the war could [not] have been ‘won’ in any meaningful sense at a moral or material cost most Americans deemed acceptable. Full Article at Small Wars Journal

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  1. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11: Samuel Chan, U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War and the Korean War, looks on during the annual Veterans Day parade November 11, 2009 in New York City. The nation's largest Veterans Day parade featuring 20,000 participants in New York is celebrating its 90th anniversary.
  2. Members of the Marine Corps League Worcester Detachment stand in front of a granite monument bearing the names of fallen soldiers from the Vietnam War during Veterans Day ceremonies at the Massachusetts Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in Worcester, Mass. , Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.
  3. Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va. , center, talks to committee chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. , right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009, during the committee's hearing on Afghanistan. At left is Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.
  4. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 03: Committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) (L) and Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) (R) listen during a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee December 3, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
  5. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 03: Committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) (C) and Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) (R) listen as ranking member Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) (L) speaks during a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee December 3, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
  6. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) talks with Committee Chariman, Senator John Kerry before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on 'The US and the G-20: Remaking the International Economic Architecture' on November 17, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
  7. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (C) makes brief remarks after meeting with Senate Homeland Security Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) and committee ranking member Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) at the U....
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