Category: President Richard Nixon

‘Kissinger’s Betrayal’: New Book Explains Why South Vietnam Fell

Commentary Analyses of the U.S. failure in Vietnam seem to have a target-rich environment for obloquy and blame for strategic malpractice. There are two fundamental debates: first, whether the United States could have won the conflict; second, who was to blame for the loss. Often blamed are President Lyndon Johnson and Secretary of Defense Robert…


Black Wednesday Tornado From April 3, 1974, Remembered in Xenia, Ohio

Time stood still on an early spring afternoon 48 years ago, and life was forever impacted in my hometown of Xenia, Ohio. April 3, 1974. Those of us who lived in Xenia and are old enough to remember vividly recall where we were when the clocks stopped around 4:40 p.m. That is when a tornado…