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Updated as of 2 October 05 Today in History: On October 2, 1780, Major John André, a British spy associated with Benedict Arnold, was executed on this day in history. Quote of the Day: "In my view we are much worse off now than when we went into Iraq. This is not a partisan position. I voted for these guys." A senior figure at a military-sponsored think tank as told to James Fallows in "Bush's Lost Year" in The Atlantic Monthly (Oct. 2004) Take the Ann Coulter Quiz Where are you politically? Take the Neocon Quiz and find out. "History is Far too Important to be left to History Professors" Teaching isn't such a novel idea
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History of Disease Contemporary Terrorist Organizations Map of Islamic Terrorist Cells in the U.S.A.
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New and Noteworthy Books
Note: The following are new or reprints that students enrolled in the course may find of interest.
Philip D. Beidler. Late Thoughts on an Old War: The Legacy of Vietnam. Athens: University of Georgia, 2004. Jeffrey Kimball. The Vietnam War Files: Uncovering the Secret History on Nixon-Era Strategy. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2004. Gerald Nicosia. Home to War: A History of the Vietnam Veterans' Movement. New York: Crown, 2001. James H. Willbanks, Abandoning Vietnam: How America Left and South Vietnam Lost Its War. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2004. Updated 29 August 2004
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