Word: karnow
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...Karnow is no apologist for Administration adventurism in Central America, but, from a purely historical perspective, he argues convincingly that Vietnam is as weak a historical precedent for non-interventionism as the Berlin Blockade and the Cuban Missile Crisis were for the opposite...
...become a metaphor: the Vietnam analogy is being tossed around for every situation the United States may get involved in whether it's the Middle East--at the moment it happens to be Central America--so the question is being raised. Are we getting involved in another Vietnam?"' Karnow said recently over coffee and Gitanes in Boston...
...gruff-voiced Karnow, who began reporting from Southeast Asia in 1959 for Time and Life, makes a point of not capitalizing on isolationist sentiment aroused by Vietnam, though he understands that much of the interest among college-age students stems from just such a concern...
...called Vietnam legacy is a potent political tool these days, and Karnow, who makes strong claims to historical objectivity in his book and documentary, must realize that his current educational mission can only work to raise fears about any military involvement abroad...
...least, Karnow finds the public and Congress much more conscious of foreign policy matters today than they were in 1964, when 16,000 military advisors were stationed in Vietnam and the U.S. government was spending half a billion dollars a year on operations there...