Briefing

50 YEARS LATER

THIS SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRY IS FINALLY GETTING THE ATTENTION IT DESERVES, 50 YEARS AFTER THE END OF THE WAR. FROM FEASTING IN IMPERIAL CITIES TO HIKING MISTY MOUNTAIN VALLEYS WITH INDIGENOUS TRIBES AND SLOWING DOWN ON SUBTROPICAL BEACHES, VIETNAM’S BREADTH OF ATTRACTIONS IS HARD TO BEAT. VISITOR NUMBERS ARE GROWING, AND THERE’S STILL MUCH TO DISCOVER

In this issue’s Frontline you can read our interview with former CIA Assistant Director Mark Lowenthal; analysis of the USA’s historic military strategy in Greenland; plus full accounts of how two key conflicts of the 20th century came to an end

LESSONS FROM KOREA

To commemorate 80 years since the Second World War, History of War will be taking a look at some of the key events taking place during each month of the conflict

Sandwiched between the Second World War and the Vietnam War, the conflict in Korea is often overlooked in the West