Jeffrey Race

Jeffrey Race is a political analyst whose 1972 book, War Comes to Long An, is considered a canonical analysis of why the US military campaign in Vietnam turned out so badly. An ICWA fellow from 1973 to 1976, Jeff studied social institutions and the political economy of change in Southeast Asia, particularly Thailand and the Philippines. He earned a bachelor’s degree and a PhD from Harvard University, and he lived in Asia for 45 years.

Posts and Dispatches from Jeffrey Race:

• Jeff Race hides Pentagon Papers
  This week in 1971, The New York Times published the Pentagon Papers, a classified Defense Department history of US political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967. It revealed that the government had been lying to the American people about the war for years. The publication also established that the government cannot engage...

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• Jeffrey Race Newsletters
  Fellowship Years: 1973-1976 Fellowship Topic: The Political Economy of Change in Southeast Asia Fellowship Area: Thailand Soft Governments and Hard Facts Motivation without Money A Trip through the North The Problem of Equality A Human Shape over a Demon’s Heart The Problem of Equality Continued The Problem of Equality Continued The Problem of Equality Continued The Problem of...

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