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Jan 5, 2024 · Ezra Taft Benson. “Returning from earth to life in our heavenly home requires passage through—and not around—the doors of death.”. Russell M. Nelson. “Because life is fragile and death inevitable, we must make the most of each day.”. Thomas S. Monson. “Jesus of Nazareth conquered death”. Howard W. Hunter.
Jeffrey P. Kimball is an American historian and emeritus professor at Miami University. [1] Among the ideas that Kimball developed was the idea of a Vietnam stab-in-the-back myth . [ 2 ] He also argued that threats to use nuclear weapons had not been effective at advancing the United States' foreign policy goals either in the Korean War , Vietnam War , or the First Taiwan Strait Crisis . [ 3 ]
- “Analysis of death is not for the sake of becoming fearful but to appreciate this precious lifetime.” - Dalai Lama. As a Buddhist (the most senior Buddhist on earth, no less), the Dalai Lama believes in reincarnation.
- “I have now decided that my death should be very precious. I really want to use it. I’d like my death to be as interesting as my life has been, and will be.”
- “It’s part of the privilege of being human that we have our moment when we have to say goodbye.” - Patti Smith. Patti Smith said various eloquent things about death in this 2017 interview with Australian television .
- “The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.” - Harriet Beecher Stowe. The celebrated nineteenth century American abolitionist and author Harriet Beecher Stowe is best remembered for her book Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which highlighted the plight of enslaved African Americans, and was a very influential novel of its time.
Jeffrey Kimball is a professor at Miami University. His books include To Reason Why: The Debate About the Causes of American Involvement in the Vietnam War (1990), Nixon's Vietnam War (1998), and The Vietnam War Files: Uncovering the Secret History of Nixon-Era Strategy (2004). Presidential Studies Quarterly 36, no. 1 (March) 59
Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.”. – Isaac Asimov, I. Robot. “Death is just another path, one that we all must take.”. – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King. “It’s not what you say at the funeral; it’s what you do before you get there.”. – David Mamet, Heist. “To die will be an awfully big ...
Feb 8, 2006 · JEFFREY KIMBALL. Miami University. Jeffrey Kimball is a professor at Miami University. His books include To Reason Why: The Debate About the Causes of American Involvement in the Vietnam War (1990), Nixon's Vietnam War (1998), and The Vietnam War Files: Uncovering the Secret History of Nixon-Era Strategy (2004).Search for more papers by this author
Jul 31, 2020 · Robert Brigham’s Reckless is the latest account of Kissinger’s role in the process that ended U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia by early 1973 and opened the way for the eventual unification of Vietnam (and, arguably, for the takeover of Cambodia by Khmer Rouge and Laos by Pathet Lao) in 1975. It builds upon a long tradition of ...
