(Part 3 of 7) We will travel through the American leadership decision to send in American ground troops in 1965, the victory of attrition on the battlefield at Tet, and the loss of will at home leading to an unsatisfactory conclusion of the war with communist victory in 1975.    

 

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(Part 2 of 7) Why did American leadership end up fighting in Vietnam. we explore the start of aid with Truman in 1950 to LBJ taking office at the end of 1963  

 

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(Part 1 of 7) This is the introduction to the different prisms of the Vietnam war. Vietnam has had such an impact on the American soul because we have chosen to view it through the prism that best fits our politics. This series will explore different prism of Vietnam so that we can hopefully piece those prisms together and gain new insights, finally learning the lesson of the Vietnam era.      

 

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Listener Requested, I will only take a few detours before finally answering the question at hand. "Please breakdown the stimulus like you did with the federal taxes" 

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(Part 8 of 8) We will explore the week that the Cold War should have ended, and the man that prevent the first shot of WW3

 

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(Part 7 of 8) We will explore the erosive effect of fear on the choices of Eisenhower and ideology of NSC -68 that drove a fundamental change in American forging policy that will lead the US into Vietnam.

As I sit at home and watch/read more journalism, I find myself frustrated by the preconceived politics masked as journalism. Using COVID to promote filtered pollical views. I will break down a few of these stories as wee; as talk about the other COVID issue, economics. 

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(Part 6 of 8) You have hereby been subpoenaed to appear before the United States Senate's hearing on Un-American activities tomorrow morning at 10am. You have a right to bring council, no other character witnesses will be testifying. Your testimony will be under oath, any dishonestly will be punishable by the full weight of the US government.      

 

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(Part 5 of 8) We will tour through the history of the Korean war and see how the pressure of losing the ideological cold war changed the US strategy of firm containment by supporting allies. To active military action to stop any dominos "countries" from falling to communism. The Korean war would change America and the lessons not learned would shape the American foreign policy for 20 years. 

 

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I live in the epicenter of the US outbreak. Today's episode is all about the Corona Virus: the science of the disease, the phycology of the human reaction, the American politcs, and the economics

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