Texas Tech University and the Vietnam Center & Archive are pleased to announce the creation of the Institute for Modern Conflict, Diplomacy, and Reconciliation (IMCDR). This new institute has been created as an archive-based research facility focusing on America’s involvement in the world from 1950 to the present. It will encompass Texas Tech’s aerospace and military science departments as well as the newly created Center for War and Diplomacy in the Post-Vietnam War Era and the existing Vietnam Center and Archive. The IMCDR will guide the development of these research centers and archives and will continue the practice of preserving the record of all points of view. The Vietnam Center and Archive’s goals and missions will remain the same.

James Reckner, PhD, former Director of the Vietnam Center, has been named Executive Director of the IMCDR and Ron Miliam, PhD, will serve as Interim Director of the Center for War and Diplomacy in the Post-Vietnam War Era. Steve Maxner, PhD, has been appointed Reckner’s replacement as Director of the Vietnam Center.

Institute for Modern Conflict, Diplomacy, and Reconciliation
Post-Vietnam War Era Center and Archive

Representatives from the Texas Tech Vietnam Center formalized a commitment to exchange information with the State Records and Archives Department of Vietnam (SRADV), Vietnam’s national archive, creating the first such agreement between the socialist government’s official archive and a U.S. institution.

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The Spring II 2007 issue of the Friends of the Vietnam Center newsletter is now available for download on the Vietnam Center newsletters page.

Friends of the Vietnam Center Newsletters Page

The Spring I 2007 issue of the Friends of the Vietnam Center newsletter is now available for download on the Vietnam Center newsletters page.

Friends of the Vietnam Center Newsletters Page

The Fall 2006 issue of the Friends of the Vietnam Center newsletter is now available for download on the Vietnam Center newsletters page.

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Conference session videos for the Intelligence in the Vietnam War Conference are now available online at the link listed below. There are versions of the videos for both high-speed and for slower connections.

2006 Fall Conference: Session Videos

We are happy to announce that on Friday, October 27th Steve Maxner successfully defended his dissertation, entitled, “War and Death: Changes in American Attitudes Toward Sacrifice and the Effects on National Security Policy.” He will be hooded in ceremonies on December 15th 2006. I know all of DR. Steve’s friends will join us in congratulating him on this great achievement.

DISSERTATION ABSTRACT:Since the American Civil War, American attitudes toward death have changed in several important ways. How Americans reacted to wartime deaths in the nineteenth century differed rather substantially from how they have reacted during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This dissertation examines how Americans have reacted to deaths during war, how they assimilated those experiences into everyday life to include media and entertainment, and how these various factors have both reflected and contributed to change over time. This study includes an examination of how the issue of American casualties in war has come to dominate the public policy debate surrounding war and how this has impacted American National Security Policy.

Well done, Steve!

The Summer 2006 issue of the Friends of the Vietnam Center newsletter is now available for download on the Vietnam Center newsletters page.

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The Sping 2006 issue of the Friends of the Vietnam Center Newsletter is now available for download on the Vietnam Center newsletters page.

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The Winter 2006 issue of the Friends of the Vietnam Center Newsletter is now available for download on the Vietnam Center newsletters page.

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