Word: vietnam
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...irreversibility" of such a break, look at history. In 1969, the University terminated its ROTC program over anti-war protests. In 1976, after tensions over the Vietnam War had cooled, Harvard established its current off-campus ROTC program...
Whether this is effective is a matter of taste -- and endurance. Butler's earlier fiction, mostly about Americans in Vietnam and Vietnamese in the U.S., is tight and controlled (The Alleys of Eden and The Deuce are two of his novels). Here he deals obsessively with obsession, and in his frenzy forgets to let his readers...
...towns like Srebrenica and Tuzla. The Serbs could take prisoner or even kill civilian aid workers who distribute food and other humanitarian assistance. Result: whipsawing pressures on Clinton either to cut and run, wrecking U.S. credibility for good, or to apply more force drip by drip, escalating into a Vietnam-style quagmire...
Environmentalism and women's rights (remembers when ERA stood for more than a baseball statistic?) are once again in vogue, not least among grungy rock musicians and movie stars. The election of Bill "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow" Clinton heralded not only the ascension of a Vietnam War protester to the White House but the reunion tour of 1970s heart-throbs Fleetwood Mac. And those who wear platform shoes are most likely supporters of the Democratic platform--if not of something further to the left...
...have lost the belief that we can make a difference. How unlike the passionate 1970s public which spoke out on issues like Watergate and the Vietnam War, How unlike our bellbottomed, long-haired, Elvis-worshiping 1970s looking alikes...