America was involved in Vietnam for 20 years. Our presence started small but by 1965 had significantly escalated. 3.1 million troops saw combat and at least 58,300 were killed. We spent over $120 billion from 1965 to 1973 which led to an oil crisis and rampant inflation. Are you better ...
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“He is running against a Weak and Pathetic RINO named Newhouse, who voted to, for no reason, Impeach me,” Trump wrote of Sessler in a post. “Newhouse has to go! He wished he didn’t do what he did, but it’s too late, and besides that, he ...
Trotsky, whom Lenin in his last years of failing health courted to join his fight against bureaucratism, ended up being labeled an “anti-Leninist,” an “assassin, a saboteur, a spy and a murderer” for decades. The Chinese Communists adopted that label for him too, and the chairman of ...
Fulbright opposed McCarthyism and the House Un-American Activities Committee and later became known for his opposition to American involvement in the Vietnam War. His efforts to establish an international exchange program eventually resulted in the creation of a fellowship program which bears his name...
Why did we fight the Civil War? What led to the outbreak of the bloodiest conflict in the history of North America? A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the moral issue of slavery. In fact, it was the economics of slavery and political control of that system that...
While their stories may not be widely known, countless dedicated, courageous women were key organizers and activists in the fight for civil rights. Without these women, the struggle for equality would have never been waged. “Women have been the backbone of the whole civil rights movement,” ac...
In my life, my much-younger sister joined the Black Panthers nine years after I did. My mom used to call us her nine-year delayed twins. Once when we were having an argument, a sister argument, she said, “I don’t think you 100 percent internalized the Black Panthe...
Dennis Franz scored small-screen gold with the role of Andy Sipowicz on the TV series "NYPD Blue." As a young man,Franz enlisted in the Armyafter college and experienced intense combat in Vietnam, where he served with the 82nd Airborne. ...
Director Oliver Stone has admitted to smoking weed in Vietnam. He is for the legalization of marijuana and has stated, "It can be done. It can be done legally, safely, healthy, and it can be taxed and the government can pay for education and stuff like that. Also, you can save a ...