A New Year's Day Reflection on History

The history major in me loved this essay. The political junkie in me loved this essay. The wanna be writer in me wished I'd written it. The only thing I'd quibble with is Schlesinger's characterization of the Viet Nam conflict as tribal.

The article Wake wished he had written.
Sorry to edit bro, but I made it a clickable link....I'll read it later.