Ngexesha lokufa kwakhe kwi-100, iindumiso kunye nezigwebo zikaHenry Kissinger ziculwa kwaye zikhutshwe ngamanani arekhodiweyo. Makhe ndongeze “kwiindumiso.” Ngaphezu kwakhe nabani na omnye, uHenry, kunye nomphathi wakhe, uRichard Nixon, babenembopheleleko yokundiguqula ndibe litshantliziyo.
Olu tshintsho lusuka ekubeni yingqondi edadayo ukuya ekubeni litsha-ntliziyo lwenzeke ngokungalindelekanga. Kwenzeka ngaxa lithile ngoAprili 1970, xa uKissinger noNixon bathi baza kuphelisa imfazwe yaseVietnam ngokuyandisa eKhambodiya. Ndandigxalathelana ngakwiProspect Road—apho “iiklabhu zokutya” okanye amaqumrhu ePrinceton—ndisiya eklasini xa ndatsaleleka kwingxokozelo eyayikwisakhiwo seInstitute of Defense Analysis (IDA). Isihlwele sabantu abamalunga ne-100 sirhangqe abantu abali-15 ababehleli phantsi badibanisa iingalo ukuze bavale indlela yokungena kwiZiko, elaziwa ngokuba lenza umsebenzi wekhontrakthi kwiPentagon. Ndawela isitrato ukuze ndibone izinto, ndinomdla ngakumbi kunayo nayiphi na enye into. Emva koko igquba lamapolisa lafika latyhala abantu ecaleni ukuze livule indlela yokubamba abo babehleli phantsi benxibe izixhobo.
Xa amapolisa aqala ukusika ngenkohlakalo ikhonkco lomntu kwaye atsala abantu kwinqwelo ye-paddy, into ethile kum yahlutha kwaye ndaxhuma kwindawo engenanto evuliwe ngokubanjwa kwaye ndazifumana ndidibanisa nabantu ababini endafunda kamva ukuba nguArno Mayer, unjingalwazi obalaseleyo wembali yezozakuzo, kunye noStanley Stein, unjingalwazi obalaseleyo wembali yaseLatin America. Ekuphela kwento ebendiyiqaphela njengoko ndibajoyina yayikukuba: kukho iPhD yam. Ngelo xesha, abafundi abasuka kwamanye amazwe ababebanjelwe kwimicimbi yezobupolitika babenokulindela ukugxothwa ngokwemithetho yeNkonzo yokuNgenelela nokuVeliswa ngokweNdalo. Kumzuzwana nje, ndandisele ndilincamile ikamva lam njengesazi ngezentlalo.
Njengoko sasiculwa emva kokubanjwa kwikomkhulu lamapolisa ePrinceton, ndafowunela uMadge, inkosikazi yam, ndaza ndamxelela oko kwenzekileyo kodwa andizange ndithethe nto ngamathuba okuba sigxothwe. Ndenze umtsi, kwaye, ngokumangalisayo, andizange ndizisole ukususela ekubeni ndandiziva ndiyifumene indawo yam ebomini: ukuba ngumlweli, umququzeleli wotshintsho lwentlalo. Njengabanye abathathi-nxaxheba kwi-rally ye-IDA, ndagwetywa ndinetyala lokugqitha kunye nokuchasa ukubanjwa kwaye ndinikwe isohlwayo senkonzo yoluntu, oko kukuthi, ukucoca izitrato zasePrinceton ngeempelaveki inyanga yonke.
Ndalinda umyalelo wokugxothwa. Uye walinda. Emva kwenyanga ndilindile, ndaqalisa ukuqonda ukuba kwenzeka ntoni. Urhulumente wasekhaya ePrinceton wayengawulungelelanisi umsebenzi wakhe kunye neNkonzo yokuFudukela nokuVeliswa ngokweNdalo, njengoko ndandikhokelwe ukuba ndilindele. Oko kwakungeke kwenzeke de kube semva kwe-9/11, phantsi kwe-egis yeSebe elitsha loKhuseleko lweLizwe, ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-30 kamva.
Umsebenzi wam njengesazi ngezentlalo, endandiwuqeqeshelwa ePrinceton, ndaphinda ndaqalisa ukuphila ubomi obutsha. Kodwa ndandingasafani. Ukubanjwa kwanditshintshile.
Ngelo xesha, okuphambili kwam ngexesha lokuhlala kwam ePrinceton kwaba kumisa imfazwe eVietnam, kwaye xa ndandingenanzulu ekufundeni iMarx kunye neMarxists kunye ne-post-Marxists, umsebenzi wam omninzi wawukhokela okanye uthatha inxaxheba kumaqela eengxoxo malunga nendlela yokulungelelanisa ngakumbi. kunye nabafundi abaninzi kwi-mass mass kwi-campus ngokuchasene nemfazwe.
Ngexesha uKissinger noNixon bahlasela iLaos ekuqaleni kowe-1971 betshabalalisa izithuthi kwiHo Chi Minh Trail, ndandiyinxalenye yobunkokeli obungacwangciswanga bombutho ochasene nemfazwe ekhampasini. Siye sacela ukwayiwa kweeklasi, kodwa ubhukuqo-mbuso yaba kukuthatyathwa kunye nokuvalwa kwesikolo esasibizwa ngelo xesha ngoko sasibizwa ngokuba siSikolo saseWoodrow Wilson, isikolo sasePrinceton solawulo lukarhulumente esasisebenza njengendawo yokugaya i-Arhente yoBuntlola ePhakathi kunye nabaphathi abaqeqeshiweyo boorhulumente bamazwe angaphandle abamanyene neUnited States. Ndikhokele umsebenzi oyimpumelelo weSikolo ngamakhulu abafundi, kodwa ngexabiso lokufumana kwam ubutshaba obungapheliyo bomnye unjingalwazi waso. Isazi ngentlalo yoluntu esaziwayo ekuphuculeni imeko yala maxesha uMarion Levy uzame konke okusemandleni akhe kule minyaka imbalwa izayo ukufaka intshulube kwiphaneli yam yokuchaza ngeyona njongo inye yokumosha umntu awayemjonga njengongcolise iWoodrow Wilson School yakhe ayithandayo.
Ndaqhubeka ndenza dissertation yam, uphononongo lokuchasa uvukelo-mbuso eSalvador Allende eChile ngokwembono kaMarxist, kwaye oku kwamkelwa ngo-1975, ngokuyinxenye ngenxa yemigudu eyimpumelelo kasihlalo wesebe, uMarvin Bressler, yokugcina impindezelo uMarvin Levy ukuya kwikomiti yam.
Ndahlabela mgama ndisenza umsebenzi ofihlakeleyo wexesha elizeleyo njengomphathi weQela lamaKomanisi akwiiPhilippines kangangeminyaka eli-15 eyalandelayo, ndibangela ukuba kubanjwe ngakumbi nokuvalelwa entolongweni ngenxa yokungathobeli kwabantu kuqhankqalazo lwaseUnited States nxamnye nozwilakhe uFerdinand Marcos. Kamva, njengetshantliziyo lamazwe ngamazwe ngexesha likaGeorge W. Bush, ndaphinda ndadlala ngokupheleleyo kumlutha wam wokulwa nemfazwe, ndithatha inxaxheba ekuhlanganiseni umhlaba wonke, ukusuka eBaghdad ukuya eLondon ukuya eBeirut.
Ke, nantsi kuwe, usathana wakudala, Henry, ngokundisindisa kwinto ngokuqinisekileyo ebeya kuba bubomi obungathandekiyo bezemfundo obuchwephesha kwindawo ethile eyoyikekayo efana “nethiyori yesimanjemanje” kaMarion Levy.
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