Lessons in Disaster

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    Goldstein

    Hour 2

    Do history lessons offer instructive guidance so we do not repeat the mistakes of the past? Our guest, international affairs scholar, GORDON GOLDSTEIN revisits the role of McGeorge Bundy, National Security Advisor to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, as one of the principal architects of the Vietnam War. Bundy and Goldstein worked together on the new book, “Lessons in Disaster,” to explore what happened and what might have been in the legacy of the Vietnam War.
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