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Out of Iraq book fair features work by UD prof 10:13 a.m., Jan. 25, 2007--A Tale of Two Quagmires: Iraq, Vietnam and the Hard Lessons of War, the forthcoming book by Kenneth J. Campbell, University of Delaware associate professor of political science and international relations, will be featured in a Congressional book fair sponsored by the Out of Iraq Caucus on Monday, Jan. 29. The book fair, which is being organized by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), will be held from 2-4 p.m. in the Ways and Means Committee Room, Room 1100 of the Longworth House Office Building in Washington, D.C. Campbell will be among more than a dozen authors who will be seated at the committee's witness table and who will be provided time to discuss the books and why they chose to write them. His book is scheduled for release in February by Paradigm Publishers. Campbell, who directs UD's International Relations Program, was born and raised in Philadelphia. He enlisted in the Marines after high school, serving as an artillery forward observer with a rifle company in Vietnam in 1968-69 and earning eight medals, including the Purple Heart. He was honorably discharged in 1970 and joined the antiwar movement, becoming a leader in the Vietnam Veterans Against the War. He also enrolled at Temple University and was awarded a bachelor's degree in history in 1975. For the next eight years, he worked as a factory inspector, a shipyard painter, a bus driver, a taxi driver and a respiratory therapy technician. In 1983, he returned to Temple to pursue graduate studies in political science, earning a master's degree in 1985 and a doctorate in 1989. His dissertation explored the military's lessons of Vietnam. Campbell has taught at UD, Temple, Villanova University, Ursinus College and Washington College. UD, Temple and the American Political Science Association have recognized him for teaching excellence. He teaches courses in international relations, American foreign policy, international security, and an honors colloquium on the lessons of Vietnam. He is the author of Genocide and the Global Village, as well as numerous articles in scholarly journals. Article by Neil Thomas |
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