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Turner, Robert Foster was born on February 14, 1944 in Atlanta. Son of Edwin Witcher and Martha Frances (Williams) Turner.
(In 2000, the newly formed Thomas Jefferson Heritage Socie...)
In 2000, the newly formed Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society asked a group of more than a dozen senior scholars from across the country to carefully examine all of the evidence for and against the allegations that Thomas Jefferson fathered one or more children by Sally Hemings, one of his slaves, and to issue a public report. In April 2001, after a year of study, the Scholars Commission issued the most detailed report to date on the issue. With but a single mild dissent, the views of the distinguished panel ranged from ''serious skepticism'' to a conviction that the allegation was ''almost certainly false.'' This volume, edited by Scholars Commission Chairman Robert F. Turner, includes the ''Final Report''--essentially a summary of arguments and conclusions--as it was released to the press on April 12, 2001. However, several of the statements of individual views--which collectively total several hundred carefully footnoted pages and constitute the bulk of the book--have been updated and expanded to reflect new insights or evidence since the report was initially released.
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(Study of the first forty years of Vietnamese Communism in...)
Study of the first forty years of Vietnamese Communism including an analysis of Ho Chi Minh, the role North Vietnam and its communist party played in the Vietnam War, and why the 1973 Paris Agreement failed to bring peace to South Vietnam. Throughout, the author relates key developments in Vietnamese Communism to Communist activities throughout the world. For example, he describes the role of the Communist International in founding the Indochinese Communist Party and compares the 1954-56 "land reform" to the earlier Chinese Communist agrarian reform. The author draws heavily on writings of Party leaders and other primary sources.
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(The extensively updated third edition of National Securit...)
The extensively updated third edition of National Security Law includes 34 contributions by distinguished scholars and practitioners. This edition includes new chapters on law and the cyber domain, the control of terrorism assets, lawfare, detention, and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, as well as chapters on traditional subjects of national security law such as use of force, war powers, international and domestic terrorism, intelligence, arms control, homeland security, human rights, immigration, export controls, environmental law, freedom of expression, and access to national security information. This third edition presents a uniquely comprehensive, timely and unmatched coverage of this complex field of law and policy.
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(Twenty-five years after the fall of Saigon, two prominent...)
Twenty-five years after the fall of Saigon, two prominent scholars, Moore and Turner (who debated in the 1960s), assembled a distinguished group of Vietnam experts at the University of Virginia to reexamine the conflict and search for its "real" lessons. This resulting volume includes contributions by senior diplomats, retired military officers, experts on Vietnamese Communism, and senior scholars of history, political science, and law. Given the diversity of the participants, the general consensus that emerges will surprise and enlighten many readers. The book corrects various myths that continue to influence American thinking about Vietnam. The idea that the U.S. military and CIA were intentionally engaged in "war crimes," such as the assassination of political opponents of the South Vietnamese government in the Phoenix Program, is laid to rest; and military legal experts address the tragic realities of My Lai and measures taken to prevent reoccurrence. It is popular today to say that Vietnam "could not have been won." The message emerging from this new study, on the contrary, is that despite some horrible blunders and incompetent political leadership at the highest levels, by 1973 the war had essentially been won. Partisan politics and mutual mistrust in Washington kept that message from reaching the right people, and a misunderstanding of public opinion prompted Congress to outlaw further U.S. military involvement—essentially snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
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Turner, Robert Foster was born on February 14, 1944 in Atlanta. Son of Edwin Witcher and Martha Frances (Williams) Turner.
AB, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1968; postgraduate, Stanford University, 1972-1973; Juris Doctor, University of Virginia, 1981; Doctor of Juridical Science, University of Virginia, 1996.
Research associate, public affairs fellow Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University, 1971-1974. Special assistant, legislation assistant United States Sen. Robert P. Griffin, 1974-1979.
Co-founder, associate director Center for National Security Law University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1981, 87—. Senior fellow, 1985-1986. Special assistant undersecretary for policy Department Defense, 1981-1982.
Counsel President's Intelligence Oversight Board, White House, 1982-1984. Principal deputy assistant secretary for legislation and intergovernmental affairs Department State, 1984, acting. assistant secretary, 1984—1985. President United States Institute Peace, Washington, 1986-1987.
Lecturer in law and in government and foreign affairs University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1988-1993, associate professor, 1993-1997, professor, since 1997. Charles H. Stockton professor international law Naval War College, 1994-1995. Distinguished lecturer United States Military Academy, West Point, 1995.
Captain United States Army, 1968-1971, Vietnam.
(In 2000, the newly formed Thomas Jefferson Heritage Socie...)
(Twenty-five years after the fall of Saigon, two prominent...)
(Study of the first forty years of Vietnamese Communism in...)
(The extensively updated third edition of National Securit...)
(Book by Turner, Robert F.)
(Book by Robert F. Turner)
President Endowment of the United States Institute Peace, 1986-1987. Trustee Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 1986-1992. Board directors Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy, since 1997.
Chairman scholars commission on Jefferson-Hemings matter Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society, 2000-2001. Member American Bar Association (chairman committee on executive-congressional relations, secretary international law and practice 1983-1986, advisory committee on law and national security 1984-1986, standing committee on law and national security 1986-1992, chairman 1989-1992, editor American Bar Association National Security Law Report 1992-1999), Federalist Society (chairman subcommittee on national security law since 1998), Committee on the Present Danger, since 2005, Board Research Consultant, Institute Foreign Policy Analysis, Mensa, American Society International Law, National Eagle Scout Association, Council on Foreign Relations, Academy of Political Science, American Political Science Association, American History Association, Society Military History, Society Historians Early American Republic.