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The Vietnam War Reconsidered, a Reading & Discussion program at Poughkeepsie Public Library
November 16, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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One event on November 16, 2021 at 7:00 pm
One event on December 14, 2021 at 7:00 pm
Robert K. Brigham, Shirley Ecker Boskey Professor of History and International Relations, joined the Vassar faculty in 1994. He is a specialist on the history of US foreign policy, particularly the Vietnam War. Dr. Brigham will lead us in the discussions about the Vietnam War surrounding the following texts:
Select Tuesdays,
7-8:30 pm ADR
September 21 Tim O’Brien, The Things They Carried
October 26 Bao Ninh, The Sorrow of War
November 16 Trung Nhu Tang, A Viet Cong Memoir
December 14 Robert S. McNamara, In Retrospect
