Secreting History / Screening ‘History’: 21 takes

"Since the end of human action, as distinct end products of fabrication, can never be reliably predicted, the means used to achieve political goals are more often than not of greater relevance to the future world than the intended goals". – Hannah Arendt

"Between the experience of living a normal life at this moment on the planet and the public narratives being offered to give a sense to that life, the empty space, the gap, is enormous". - John Berger

‘Bo’ Gritz turned 80 this year.

The great majority of those serving under him have not.

Lt. Col. James Gordon ‘Bo’ Gritz - “the American Soldier” for the Commander-in-Chief of the Vietnam War – is one of the most decorated combatants in US history. Gritz was at the heart of American military and foreign policy – both overt and covert - from the Bay of Pigs to Afghanistan.

He was financed by Clint Eastwood and William Shatner (via Paramount Pictures) in exchange for the rights to tell his story Their funding supported his ‘deniable’ missions searching for American POWs in Vietnam. He has exposed US government drug running, turning against the Washington elite as a result. He has stood for President, created a homeland community in the Idaho backlands and trained Americans in strategies of counter-insurgency against the incursions of their own government.

He claims to remember every single one of the 400 people he killed.

The media turned him into the inspiration behind Rambo, The A-Team’s Colonel John 'Hannibal' Smith and Coppola’s Kurtz in Apocalypse Now.

What does it mean to make a life like this?

6500 word essay

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