Fwd: [NEWSROOM-L] Background on Thomas Shelling (Vietnam war era)

[Henk Vreekamp]

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Iets voor Marc Fluks, om uit te zoeken? Hij had iets met alternatieve
Nobelprijzen. Een nobelprijswinnaar die de Amerikaanse oorlogsminister
McNamara adviseerde bij het bombarderen van Noord-Vietnam?
hv,u
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>From: Bruno Giordano <heretique.en.cavale at GMAIL.COM>
>Subject:      [NEWSROOM-L] Background on Thomas Shelling (Vietnam war era)
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>Didn't see it on the list, so I'm sending it again... Sorry if repost.
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>Hello fellow journalists
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>Here's a request to our veterans, those who were in the trenches during the
>Vietnam War (Paul Krassner, Jules Siegel and the like...)
>
>I'm brushing up my file on Thomas Shelling (2005 Nobel Memorial prize in
>economics). While he has been rewarded for his work in game theory, I
>remember that Shelling was an influent and oft quoted person at the Pentagon
>under Defense Secretary McNamara
>
>Wikipedia gives him as the inspirator of [quote :  The Pentagon's
>formulation of escalation and bombing policy in the Vietnam War, through his
>friend John McNaughton, who was U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense, and
>Robert McNamara's closest advisor -- endquote ]
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>Would anyone have some URL pointing to more factual evidence of Shelling's
>hand in that domain ? McNamarra doesn't mention Shelling in "The Fog of
>War".
>
>Also, I remember reading a paper by Shelby Steele on Shelling's 1971 article
>on racial segregation. But can't seem to find it anywhere. Does anyone
>remember seing this somewhere ?
>
>Thank you
>Bruno
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