这种相似之处令人震惊。我刚读完尼尔·希汉（Neil Sheehan）的《闪亮的谎言》（A Bright Shining Lie），这是一部通过约翰·保罗·范恩（John Paul Vann）这位特定美军军官兼后来的民事顾问的亲历视角讲述的越南战争故事。我由衷推荐这本书——它获得了美国国家图书奖……
The parallels are striking. I just finished reading Neil Sheehan's A Bright Shining Lie, which is a story of Vietnam told through the lens of the experience of one particular American officer, and later civilian consultant: John Paul Vann. I heartily recommend the book - winner of the National…
I'm also reminded of a line from Neil Sheehan's classic "A Bright Shining Lie" that has stuck with me since reading it: Men who succeed at an enterprise of great moment often tie a snare for themselves by assuming that they have discovered some universal truth.
> They won because they took part in the war with a sense of righteousness. This belief is certainly reflected in one of the best books I've read about the Vietnam War, A Bright Shining Lie, by Neil Sheehan, who was a reporter there throughout the war and devoted a large part of his life to chronicling it. He repeatedly shows how the ARVN (South Vietnamese Army), from commanders down to…
…a subject-object interaction: it's about perception and reaction. Happy is about being stoked because YOU were lucky, nobody needs to witness it. Glad requires an other. Notably Neil Sheehan chose "A Bright Shining lie" for his amazing book. This is another very intellectual choice (like Juliet above by Shakespeare) by an author who clearly knows his etymology? It's about the tension between what was really going on…
我读过《战争是一场骗局》（War is a Racket）。写得很棒，提出了所有人都该思考的问题。我也读过《闪亮的谎言》（A Bright Shining Lie）、《向后转》（About Face）、《出类拔萃之辈》（The Best and The Brightest）以及其他批判军方的书 [1, 2, 3]。就像我上条评论说的那样，我对军方有很多意见，但当精英阶层……我也同样感到担忧。
I’ve read War is a Racket. It’s a great piece and raises issues we all should think about. I also read A Bright Shining Lie, About Face, The Best and The Brightest and other books critical of the military [1, 2, 3]. Like I said in my previous comment, I have many issues with the military, but I’m also concerned when the elite…
……http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2013/04/on-the-u... 简单地把社会主义等同于苏联控制一直都是简单粗暴的，而且这种世界观带来了无尽的灾难——正如尼尔·希汉在《闪亮的谎言：约翰·保罗·范恩与美国在越南》（A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam）中所论证的，这可能也是越战爆发的一个诱因。Edit：将左派视为“铁板一块”的终极体现，大概就是最初的 SIOP（单一部署作战计划）了，它原本计划攻击所有……
…http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2013/04/on-the-u... To simply equate socialism with Soviet control was always simplistic and a worldview that caused untold grief - possibly being a contributing factor to the start of the Vietnam War, as argued in A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sheehan. Edit: The ultimate expression of those on the left as an "undifferentiated mass" was probably the original SIOP which would have attacked all…
这种相似之处令人震惊。我刚读完尼尔·希汉（Neil Sheehan）的《闪亮的谎言》（A Bright Shining Lie），这是一部通过约翰·保罗·范恩（John Paul Vann）这位特定美军军官兼后来的民事顾问的亲历视角讲述的越南战争故事。我由衷推荐这本书——它获得了美国国家图书奖……
The parallels are striking. I just finished reading Neil Sheehan's A Bright Shining Lie, which is a story of Vietnam told through the lens of the experience of one particular American officer, and later civilian consultant: John Paul Vann. I heartily recommend the book - winner of the National…
这也让我想起了尼尔·希汉经典著作《闪亮的谎言》（A Bright Shining Lie）里的一句话，自读过之后就一直刻在我脑海里：“在重大事业中取得成功的人，往往会因自以为发现了某种普遍真理而作茧自缚。”
I'm also reminded of a line from Neil Sheehan's classic "A Bright Shining Lie" that has stuck with me since reading it: Men who succeed at an enterprise of great moment often tie a snare for themselves by assuming that they have discovered some universal truth.
> 他们赢了，是因为他们带着一种正义感投身于这场战争。这种信念无疑在尼尔·希汉所著的《闪亮的谎言》（A Bright Shining Lie）中得到了体现，这是我读过关于越战最好的书之一，作者在整个战争期间都在那里当记者，并用大半生去记录它。他反复展示了南越军（ARVN）从指挥官到基层士兵是如何……
> They won because they took part in the war with a sense of righteousness. This belief is certainly reflected in one of the best books I've read about the Vietnam War, A Bright Shining Lie, by Neil Sheehan, who was a reporter there throughout the war and devoted a large part of his life to chronicling it. He repeatedly shows how the ARVN (South Vietnamese Army), from commanders down to…
……一种主客体间的互动：关乎感知与反应。“开心”（Happy）是因为你自己走运而感到兴奋，不需要有旁人见证；而“欣慰”（Glad）则需要有另一个客体存在。值得注意的是，尼尔·希汉为他的神作选择了《闪亮的谎言》（A Bright Shining Lie）这个书名。这是不是又一个极具知识分子深度的取名巧思（就像上面莎士比亚选朱丽叶一样），出自一位显然深谙词源学的作者之手？它探讨的是真实发生的事情之间的张力……
…a subject-object interaction: it's about perception and reaction. Happy is about being stoked because YOU were lucky, nobody needs to witness it. Glad requires an other. Notably Neil Sheehan chose "A Bright Shining lie" for his amazing book. This is another very intellectual choice (like Juliet above by Shakespeare) by an author who clearly knows his etymology? It's about the tension between what was really going on…
我读过《战争是一场骗局》（War is a Racket）。写得很棒，提出了所有人都该思考的问题。我也读过《闪亮的谎言》（A Bright Shining Lie）、《向后转》（About Face）、《出类拔萃之辈》（The Best and The Brightest）以及其他批判军方的书 [1, 2, 3]。就像我上条评论说的那样，我对军方有很多意见，但当精英阶层……我也同样感到担忧。
I’ve read War is a Racket. It’s a great piece and raises issues we all should think about. I also read A Bright Shining Lie, About Face, The Best and The Brightest and other books critical of the military [1, 2, 3]. Like I said in my previous comment, I have many issues with the military, but I’m also concerned when the elite…
……http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2013/04/on-the-u... 简单地把社会主义等同于苏联控制一直都是简单粗暴的，而且这种世界观带来了无尽的灾难——正如尼尔·希汉在《闪亮的谎言：约翰·保罗·范恩与美国在越南》（A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam）中所论证的，这可能也是越战爆发的一个诱因。Edit：将左派视为“铁板一块”的终极体现，大概就是最初的 SIOP（单一部署作战计划）了，它原本计划攻击所有……
…http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2013/04/on-the-u... To simply equate socialism with Soviet control was always simplistic and a worldview that caused untold grief - possibly being a contributing factor to the start of the Vietnam War, as argued in A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sheehan. Edit: The ultimate expression of those on the left as an "undifferentiated mass" was probably the original SIOP which would have attacked all…