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Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistleblower, dies aged 92

Analyst who leaked studies showing US government knew the Vietnam war was un-winnable became activist and writer

The Guardian - US

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Nakhon Phanom airport was established during the Vietnam War to facilitate the transportation of supplies and troops for the US military. The airport served as a strategic location for the US Army to access Vietnam by flying over Laos which borders Thailand.

Bangkok Post

Former US diplomat Henry Kissinger celebrates 100th birthday, still active in global affairs

Former diplomat and presidential advisor Henry Kissinger is marking his 100th birthday, outlasting many of his political contemporaries who guided the United States through one of its most tumultuous periods including the presidency of Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War

The Independent UK

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They fell in love at Swarthmore College, then went on to help save Rwanda's mountain gorilla from extinction

When Amy Vedder was a student at Swarthmore more than 50 years ago and went on strike to protest the Vietnam War, the refrain from the college was one of support: "Go do something about it."

The Philadelphia Inquirer

'Courage is contagious': Daniel Ellsberg's decision to release the Pentagon Papers didn't happen in a vacuum

In 1971, when Daniel Ellsberg arrived at a federal court in Boston, a journalist asked if he was concerned about the prospect of going to prison for leaking a 7,000-page top-secret history of the Vietnam War. Ellsberg responded with a question of his own: “Wouldn’t you go to prison to…

The Conversation

White power movements in US history have often relied on veterans -- and not on lone wolves

For decades, the white power movement has gained steady momentum in the U.S. Kathleen Belew is an expert on the history of the white power movement and its current impact on American society and politics. Her book “Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America” examines how…

The Conversation

Missile focus of Defence Strategic Review indicates shift away from peacekeeping, veteran says

Australia's Defence Strategic Review, which calls for the country to increase its missile capabilities, indicates a shift away from peacekeeping, army veteran James Brown tells Q+A.

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What Daniel Ellsberg has taught us

The establishment has tried to sanitize Ellsberg. But his lessons on the madness of war are even more relevant now

Salon

A Vietnam War massacre case from 1968 forces a new reckoning in South Korea

A Vietnamese woman sued South Korea's government over a wartime massacre in her village by South Korean soldiers. A Seoul court recently ruled in her favor but the government will appeal the decision.

WEKU

Why the debate over repealing Iraq War approval matters

Congress is now considering doing something it hasn’t done since the Vietnam War — repealing authorizations for the use of military force

The Independent UK

Congress revisits approval for Iraq invasion, recalling change of heart on Vietnam

In terms of domestic politics, the Iraq War followed the trajectory of the Vietnam War, which also relied on a resolution supporting the use of military force that Congress passed and later repealed.

WEKU

Hilary Embling obituary

Other lives: Teacher, librarian and dedicated activist in protests against the Vietnam war and nuclear weapons

The Guardian - UK

Reporting in Kashmir: No woman’s land

Author-journalist Elizabeth Becker had once remarked on the few women who had covered the Vietnam War: “Female reporters covered that war, rewriting the rules so that the phrase ‘woman war correspondent’ would never again be an oxymoron.”

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