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...charge that we gave up our cause and vanished into nothingness, I must point out that the Viet Nam War was ended and Nixon was displaced. We made it possible for self-satisfied people like Artigliere to pursue their own interests by helping to solve the problems of our time...
...returned to FORTUNE, where he had been an intermittent contributor since 1943. In 1948 it was back to Harvard, and eventually a full professor ship. Galbraith's life cuts a pattern of exits and re-entries. Campaigning for Adlai Stevenson, for John Kennedy, and against the Viet Nam War fill important gaps; writing absorbs the overflow of his curiosity and energy. There are the bestselling books on affluence and industrialism, more popular works on the Depression and money, a journal and art book evolved from his years as Ambassador to India, and even a political potboiler...
Mostly, the Green Berets resent the way their mission has been portrayed back home, where the legacies of Viet Nam have prompted apprehensions about possible American involvement with another unpopular and perhaps doomed regime. "What hurts is the lack of support from the people in the U.S.," says one stocky Viet Nam veteran. "They see us as hit men-macho guys with knives in our mouths and grenades in each hand, looking for someone to kill. That's not what we were trained...
...thing, the Americans insist that their role has evolved and changed greatly in the years since Viet Nam. They feel strongly that U.S. ground troops in El Salvador would not only be unnecessary, but counterproductive. Further, they emphasize that, as a matter of policy, they guard against making the Salvadorans dependent on U.S. logistics and technology. "That's something we are now particularly keyed against," says one young officer, "not to go in and force our system on theirs." Finally, for all their frustration, the Green Berets definitely believe they belong in El Salvador. "As long...
...story, but it had redeeming social delirium. No such luck with Heaven's Gate. An eye for portentous vistas and a yen for pretentious allegory-just those factors that won The Deer Hunter its raves and Oscars-proved Cimino's undoing when he moved from Viet Nam 1970 to Johnson County...