The lessons of Afghanistan

by Todd Mundt

Lessons_in_Disaster Gordon Goldstein’s book about Vietnam, Lessons in Disaster, is one that many in the Obama Administration are reading and talking about as they consider changes to the Afghanistan strategy.

Tuesday, you may have heard a short, but smart discussion between NPR’s Steve Inskeep and Goldstein on Morning Edition. (Listen)

We heard it and wanted more. Here’s a longer interview with Gordon Goldstein from WNYC’s Leonard Lopate yesterday. Goldstein talks about the decision-making and strategies that led the US into Vietnam, and the lessons for the Obama administration in Afghanistan.

Listen

kathryn Jones

We were lucky enough to have Gordon Goldstein, the author of “Lessons on Disaster” on our show last spring. As the debate about Afghanistan continues to grow along with the comparisons between Vietnam and Afghanistan, we edited together a 27 minute segment of our two hour interview with Mr. Goldstein that addresses those comparisons specifically.

You can find the video, for free of course, on our youtube/edu channel :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdp6K9reBSg

Kathryn Jones
mslaw.edu

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