Gordon Goldstein
author of “Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam.”
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Canceled Afghan Election and Echoes of Vietnam
Monday, November 02, 2009
Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah announced yesterday that he would not participate in a runoff against incumbent president Hamid Karzai, originally scheduled to take place six days from now. This morning, Afghanistan's election commission officially cancelled the election entirely.
This morning we're comparing two conflicts involving electoral politics and counterinsurgency strategies from today and over 40 years ago: Afghanistan and Vietnam. We talk with Gordon Goldstein, author of "Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam," and Fotini Christia, Afghanistan analyst and professor of Political Science at MIT.
Eight Years in Afghanistan
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Today marks the eight-year anniversary of our intervention in Afghanistan. Gordon Goldstein, author of Lessons in Disaster, discusses the conflict and the parallels between Afghanistan and Vietnam.
Cleaning Up
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Yale professor John Wargo discusses the dangerous chemicals we come in contact with every day and how we can protect ourselves. Then, the founding director of the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Middle East Program tells about her experience being held captive in Iran for eight months. The son of acclaimed Indian ...
McGeorge Bundy: Lessons in Disaster
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
We look at the decisions of Vietnam War policymaker McGeorge Bundy, and what we can learn today from his successes and failures. Gordon Goldstein is author of Lessons in Disaster.
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