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Threats

R Lawson — Wed, 24 May 2023 21:38:12 +0000

As I watch the news, there is a constant parade of threats to our country- Some real, some imagined, or hyped, but others represent truly existential dangers to the homeland. And some are threats that I have dramatized in my novels over the past ten years. Maybe coincidence, maybe prescience. Published in the mystery, thriller, […]

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Kabul 2021 -A Saigon 1975 Redux?

R Lawson — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 21:07:45 +0000

Any surviving Vietnam veteran must be experiencing flashbacks of the hurried rooftop evacuations in Saigon as the North Vietnamese stormed that capitol city in 1975. Having served as USAF flight surgeon flying air evac’s in South Vietnam in the mid ‘60’s, I quickly saw the parallel, the significance of failed policy and strategic planning for […]

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The Vietnam War Revisited – Part XIII – LBJ Becomes POTUS

R Lawson — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 00:07:50 +0000

My series continues with LBJ’s ascendency to the Presidency following JFK’s assassination in November 1963. In my last blog I quoted Barbara Tuchman’s characterization of Lyndon B. Johnson, a man with foibles that led to reckless and injudicious decisions. I urge you to read her comments to understand where I’m going with this current blog. […]

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Recall and the Vietnam Era

R Lawson — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 20:27:18 +0000

VIETNAM – What does that name mean to you? If you were born after 1975, like half of our population, it probably has little or no meaning. For the other half who witnessed the war in Southeast Asia, it may still conjure up mixed emotions or it has simply faded from memory. But for those involved […]

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New Release Coming: Recall

R Lawson — Fri, 05 May 2017 21:24:29 +0000

Recall by R. Lawson My sixth novel, Recall, is on pace for publication this summer. Recall is a fictional historical narrative, a different genre than my five previous novels. Although it features the same protagonist, Biff Roberts, (who you may know from my espionage series of intelligent thrillers,) the story is based on based on […]

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