The Uses of History, or How Do We Escape Sturgeon's Law?
(2009 streamed presentation and expanded conference paper)




At the invitation of the Central Intelligence Agency, commentary on the significance and import
for future interventions (such as Iraq and Afghanistan playing out at the time of this
presentation) of six declassified CIA studies of American operations in Southeast Asia.

Streamed presentation (minutes 4 to 20; CIA introduction at minutes 0 to 4)
at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, March 13-14, 2009

Revised and expanded written conference paper

The streamed presentation includes materials not appearing in the text and vice versa.