Deliberate distortions still obscure understanding of the Vietnam War
Posted on May 24th, 2010 by Paul Davis
The Vietnam War remains in the news and the public debate thanks in part to the Connecticut attorney general, who was caught lying about serving in the war.
Historynet.com has reprinted an interesting piece from an 1989 issue of Vietnam Magazine by the then-editor, Colonel Harry G. Summers, Jr.
The late Colonel Summers wrote that deliberate distortions still obscure understanding of this very complex war.
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