Flying Down The Rabbit Hole
If the First Indochina War created the conditions for a divided Vietnam, the years that followed revealed just how fragile—and combustible, the new South Vietnamese state really was. While the United States hoped to build a stable, anti-communist ally, what actually emerged was a government plagued by factionalism, corruption, religious tension, and deep public mistrust. […]
Chapter 3: Political Chaos in South Vietnam If the First Indochina War created the conditions for a divided Vietnam, the years that followed revealed just how fragile and combustible the new South Vietnamese state really was. While the United States hoped to build a stable, anti-communist ally, what actually emerged was a government plagued by […]
Chapter 2 America Enters the Conflict Expanded American involvement in Vietnam did not begin with a single dramatic decision, but with a slow, calculated accumulation of commitments rooted in Cold War anxieties. By the mid-1950s, Washington viewed nearly every international conflict through the lens of the Domino Theory, the belief that if one nation fell […]
Origins of the Vietnam War stretch far beyond the first shots fired in the 1960s. To understand howthe conflict began, you have to look back to the end of World War II, when empires collapsed,nationalism surged, and the world’s great powers scrambled to shape the postwar order.The End of Colonial Rule and the Rise of […]
Neural & mechanistic insights A recent study found that the brain-dynamics in DPDR may serve as biomarkers for the condition, pointing toward more personalized treatment in the future. A review of electrophysiological studies (EEG, heartbeat-evoked potentials) suggests that altered integration of interoceptive (internal body) and exteroceptive (external sense) signals may underlie DP/DR experiences. A theoretical […]
Blog Human Conflict 2 To seek healing is to acknowledge that we were made for something more for compassion, for understanding, for dignity. In that light, healing becomes more than recovery; it becomes a quiet, powerful form of resistance. In choosing to restore ourselves, we defy the systems and cycles that seek to break us. […]
When it comes to humanity’s persistent pattern of initiating destructive conflicts, the sense of frustration runs deep. Over the centuries, we have seen war, violence, and suffering play out on every continent, leaving behind a trail of devastation that continues to echo through generations. The causes are complex and deeply rooted, history, trauma, psychological conditioning, […]
June 26, 1967 Today marked my first flight on Command and Liaison missions, a nearly six-hour stretch in the air that offered a broad, unsettling view of the land below. We spent most of the time ferrying personnel from one outpost to another, moving them like pieces on a board none of us designed. From […]
June 25, 1967 I flew a two-hour “Standardization” check ride. Included making sure that I knew how to do maneuvers the 121st way instead of the way we were taught in flight school. I was a little rusty, but the ride went fairly well. The people that I’ve met so far seem to be very […]
Derealization is a dissociative symptom characterized by a sense of detachment from one’s surroundings, often described as feeling like the world is unreal or dreamlike. This experience can be distressing and is commonly associated with anxiety; here are medically informed grounding techniques to help mitigate derealization episodes: Sensory Grounding Techniques 1. Temperature Awareness Hold a […]