Defend or Refute the Following Statement by Presidential Adviser and Historian

question 62

Essay

Defend or refute the following statement by presidential adviser and historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.: "In the end [counterinsurgency proved] a ghastly illusion. Its primary consequence was to keep alive the American belief in their capacity and right to intervene in foreign lands."

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Definitions:

Failures

Instances of not achieving a desired or intended outcome, often used as learning opportunities.

Heteronomous Morality

Piaget’s term for young children’s tendency to define morality in terms of objective consequences and externally imposed controls.

Externally Imposed

Describes regulations, conditions, or influences applied from outside an individual or system, often without the person's or system's control.

Piaget

A Swiss psychologist known for his pioneering work in the field of cognitive development, particularly his theory of cognitive development stages.