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Charles Trueheart

Charles Trueheart  is a contributing editor of the Scholar. He is currently at work on a book about Vietnam in 1963.

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The Difficult Diplomat

A highly flawed man who brought peace and controversy

by Charles Trueheart | Monday, June 03, 2019
A Seductive Spectacle

A Seductive Spectacle

The languid bazaar of Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet still beckons 50 years later

by Charles Trueheart | Friday, June 01, 2007
Bungle in the Jungle

Bungle in the Jungle

A new biography considers what might have been in Indochina

by Charles Trueheart | Monday, December 04, 2017
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Organized Violence

In the last century, where did warfare end and genocide begin?

by Charles Trueheart | Friday, December 01, 2006
Cruel Spring

Cruel Spring

A dark time in the city of light

by Charles Trueheart | Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Whores de Combat

Whores de Combat

In search of adventure and engagement

by Charles Trueheart | Tuesday, March 11, 2014
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The Debacle Before the Disaster

At Dien Bien Phu, the French got a lesson the U.S. would take two decades to learn

by Charles Trueheart | Monday, March 01, 2010
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Paris: The Death of Derrida

by Charles Trueheart | Wednesday, December 01, 2004
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Sign Language

At their best, pictograms tell us clearly where to go and what to do; at their worst, things can get interesting

by Charles Trueheart | Saturday, December 01, 2007
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2nd Look

The NASA You Never Hear About

by Isabelle Taft

Fifty years ago, when Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon, the moment represented years of work and technical accomplishment. But it also left NASA struggling with a daunting new challenge: figuring out what to do next. Over the years, it has answered this question in part by highlighting the dizzying array of inventions it has inspired—some 1,500 a year. “Besides rocket science itself, perhaps the biggest thing people fail to understand about the agency is how its work has reverberated throughout the world in ways we experience directly every day,” writes Isabelle Taft. “It’s a mark of the agency’s enduring influence that even if we never make it there, we’re already living in a society forged by outer space.”