Day: January 18, 2018

The Truth Behind ‘A Bright Shining Lie’ by Neil Sheehan- The New York Times

January 18, 2018 / Vietnam-American War

More than 58,000 United States soldiers died in the Vietnam War, but in the world of letters, the death of a single American civilian came to represent the entire jungle quagmire. John Paul Vann went down in a helicopter crash on June 9, 1972. Four presidential administrations and a societal shift in recognizing Vietnam veterans …

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Olympic Détente Upends U.S. Strategy on North Korea – The New York Times

January 18, 2018 / David Lindsay, Korea - North and South Korea

SEOUL, South Korea — North and South Korea reached an agreement Wednesday for their athletes to march together under one flag at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics next month, a powerful gesture of reconciliation that further complicates President Trump’s strategy for dealing with the nuclear-armed regime of Kim Jong-un. South Korea, the host …

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