History Connected Rethinking War, State, Society, and Citizenship Reading Memorial High School Christopher Capozzola October William James, The Moral Equivalent of War (1906, published 1910) Politics Is Adjourned People Matter Liberty and Security in the Early Republic: The Alien and Sedition Acts Liberty and Security in the Early Republic: Matthew Lyon in Congress Francis Biddle: Attorney General, Lincolns Letter to Erastus Corning, 1863 Vietnam: Waging War after the Rights Revolution Demobilization: Norman Rockwell, Homecoming G.I., Saturday Evening Post, May 26, 1945 Demobilization: Points System Length of Time in Army: 1 pt./mo. Length of Time in Army: 1 pt./mo. Length of Time Overseas:1 pt./mo. Length of Time Overseas:1 pt./mo. Combat:5pts. per star Combat:5pts. per star Dependents:12 pts. per child Dependents:12 pts. per child Demobilization: Protest in Manila, October 1945 Editing Eisenhower Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre region have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and the troops have been withdrawn. Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre region have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and the troops have been withdrawn. Editing Eisenhower Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre region have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and the troops have been withdrawn. Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre region have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and the troops have been withdrawn. Editing Eisenhower Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre region have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops. Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre region have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops. Editing Eisenhower Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre region have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops. Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre region have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based on the best information available. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone. My decision to attack at this time and place was based on the best information available. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone. - Source: Paul Fussell, Wartime (1989) - Source: Paul Fussell, Wartime (1989) Editing Eisenhower