Was Vietnam ‘a quagmire’ or a ‘stalemate machine’? Understanding this 50-year-old debate can shed light on why the US is currently locked into a ‘forever war.’
Michael Hogan, University of Illinois at Springfield
John Fitzgerald Kennedy consistently ranks as one of America’s most popular leaders. A presidential historian argues that didn’t just happen – it was the result of an effort to create an image.
Trump wouldn’t be the first occupant of the Oval Office to try to bend companies to his will to achieve an objective, be it economic or merely political. JFK tried it with U.S. Steel in 1962.
While it’s unprecedented to call an election ‘rigged’ before voting has even taken place, there is a history of candidates crying foul after suspicious results.
Global audiences have heard of US election terms like the primaries, the conventions and the Electoral College. But the history and exact meaning of these terms remains a mystery to many.
Kennedy’s murder has spawned countless books, films, television documentaries and websites, each devoted to solving the crime. And yet any agreement on the ‘truth’ seems as unlikely as ever.
Ted Kennedy, long idolized as the Lion of the Senate, miscalculated badly when he challenged incumbent Jimmy Carter for the Democratic nomination. The results haunt liberals to this day.
Professor in U.S. Politics and U.S. Foreign Relations at the United States Studies Centre and in the Discipline of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney