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An American Historian visits Vietnam & Cambodia

15 May 2018

By Neil A. Wynn Several things got me interested in U.S. history when I was a teenager – rock n’roll, blues, civil rights, John F. Kennedy (hard to believe now!), and the war in Vietnam. By the time I became…

13 September 2016

Writing a preview of the Cheltenham Literature Festival, I suggested all History students should read literature. I was reminded of this today when I read the (belated – he died in June) obituary of Michael Herr in The Guardian. Herr’s…

An American Historian visits Vietnam & Cambodia

Literature, History, and the Vietnam War