To directly defy orders from one’s superiors undoubtedly takes nerve and, above all, conviction and belief in doing the right…
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To directly defy orders from one’s superiors undoubtedly takes nerve and, above all, conviction and belief in doing the right…
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For policymakers to make the right decisions, it is crucial that they first have the right information. With this in…
In 1966, well into the Vietnam War and three years into Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidency, Charles Graham Boyd took his…