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Donald Kirk

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Hither and Yon

As Korean crisis looms, a Kissingeresque 'Peace-is-at-hand' fix is the wrong answer

February 12, 2015
Tags: Kissinger, John Negroponte, Paris peace, Rory Kennedy, "Last Days in Vietnam, " North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Le Duc Tho
As Korean crisis looms, a Kissingeresque ‘Peace-is-at-hand’ fix is the wrong answer
Special to WorldTribune.com
By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com
Comparisons between the Korean and Vietnam wars have always been misleading if not ridiculous, never more so than when Henry Kissinger, in a new documentary, “Last Days in Vietnam,” says that he  Read More 
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Don't Repeat the Mistakes of Vietnam

November 10, 2014
Tags: Wall Street Journal, Paris peace, Vietna, Iraq, Saigon, Baghdad, Robert Komer
OPINION, Wall Street Journal

By DONALD KIRK
Updated April 28, 2005 12:01 a.m. ET
HO CHI MINH CITY -- Being back in old Saigon 30 years after it fell conjures up an almost otherworldly image. Maybe it's all those bright red flags with the yellow stars that brings memories to one who lived and worked here for  Read More 
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