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Zachary Tayler
@zachtayler.bsky.social
Ohio University History PhD Candidate | US-Vietnamese Relations I Contemporary History Institute
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New FRUS release! START I, 1989–1991 the FIRST from the administration of George H.W. Bush.
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September 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
At the University of California-Berkeley today and tomorrow to present part of my fifth dissertation chapter. Excited to be here for the first time alongside such esteemed scholars!

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September 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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24 years after the U.S. invasion, and four years after the Taliban’s triumphant return to power, the question lingers: Were the war’s many sacrifices worth anything?
Kabul Will Never Be the Same Again
24 years after the U.S. invasion, and four years after the Taliban’s triumphant return to power, the question lingers: Were the war’s many sacrifices worth anything?
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September 7, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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So far, the main businesses that have been financially benefited from AI have been the producers of blue books
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They Were Every Student’s Worst Nightmare. Now Blue Books Are Back.
Cheating with ChatGPT has become a huge problem for colleges. The solution is painfully old-school.
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August 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Started on the fourth dissertation chapter last night. Reagan admin in early 1982 kept on Vietnam to respect Thailands sovereignty while Hanoi’s leadership maintained it would AND wanted better relations w/ the U.S.
July 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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No offense to all the other great editors, series, & presses out there in the history publishing game, but this is the best team doing #international #history 🗃️ #SHAFR @uncpress.bsky.social @renatakeller.bsky.social @juliairwin.bsky.social @dgershenowitz.bsky.social @drjsarkar.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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And just like that, #SHAFR2025 is over. This may be the best one I ever organized! So many fabulous sessions, killer catering, and the best grad student social in history. Looking forward to Columbus 2026 🙂
June 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM
SHAFR 2025 is winding down. I had great time presenting my dissertation research, and an even better time catching with friends and making new ones. Really looking forward to SHAFR 2026 in Columbus!
June 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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The relaunch of the SHAFR Summer Institute in t-minus 20 minutes!! #SHAFRSummerInstitute #SHAFR2025
June 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Really looking forward to #SHAFR2025 this year! Be sure to stop by panel 77 for a roundtable discussion on the U.S. and Indochina During the Vietnam War Era!
June 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers out there!
June 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Check my article in BBC News Tiếng Việt about 50 years of US-Vietnamese relations since the end of the Vietnam War.

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50 năm kết thúc chiến tranh: Nhìn lại quan hệ Việt-Mỹ thời hậu chiến - BBC News Tiếng Việt
Việt Nam và Hoa Kỳ từ thế kẻ thù trên chiến trường đã trở thành đối tác thương mại lớn của nhau trên thương trường. Tác giả Zachery Tayler nhìn lại quá trình làm lành đầy trắc trở giữa hai cựu thù.
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May 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Thrilled to share my article from the Pacific Historical Review about Patrica Derian and Indochinese refugees. If you get a chance to read it, I’d love to hear what you think!

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Humanitarian LegacyPatricia M. Derian’s Involvement in the Indochinese Refugee Crisis
The height of the Indochinese refugee crisis came during the middle of Jimmy Carter’s presidency. Carter’s administration faced the challenge of navigating international and domestic outcries to assis...
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April 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Really sad to hear about this - I judged History Day when I taught 7th grade and managed the school-wide competition one year. It was awesome seeing all of the minds at work!
I just got confirmation that National History Day, a program that does more to ignite K-12 students' love of history, learning, and yes, even the United States than anything else I've ever seen, had all its funding cut yesterday by the DOGE-axe at the NEH - including for this year's ongoing contest.
April 27, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Great week researching at the Bill Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock.
March 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
My desk for the next x years as I write my dissertation.
March 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Writing a dissertation about diplomatic history while The Diplomat plays in the background.
March 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The @ohiouniversity.bsky.social Baker Peace Conference kicks off today!
February 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Flagging #SHAFR2025 Second Book Workshop to take place the day before the conference begins in Arlington. I participated years ago and still go back to those notes! Now honored to lead the Women in SHAFR Committee organizing it. Consider applying! shafr.memberclicks.net/index.php?op...
CFA- SHAFR Second Book Workshop
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February 14, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The 2025 Baker Peace Conference at Ohio University this year will be live streamed!! It follows the 50th Anniversary from the fall of Saigon.

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Baker Peace Conference 2025/Thursday February 20th/Panel 1
YouTube video by Ohio University Event Services
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February 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
@ohiouniversity.bsky.social Baker Peace Conference is going to kick off in a few weeks and is sure to be memorable with the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. I’m excited to see so many experts speak on the postwar period!
February 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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So deeply honored to receive this recognition from my SHAFR colleagues. Also, welcome to Bluesky, @shafrhistorians.bsky.social !
The winner of the 2025 Stuart L Bernath Lecture Prize is @amandademmer.bsky.social! Demmer’s research highlights some of the most exciting developments in foreign relations history, incl diplomatic agency of nonstate actors & realm intl human rights. We cannot wait to hear her lecture at #SHAFR2026!
February 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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The Michael J. Hogan Foreign Language Fellowship was awarded to @zachtayler.bsky.social, a PhD student in the Hist Dept at Ohio University. He will use the fellowship to study Vietnamese at the University of Wisconsin.
February 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Happy to share that the @cambridgeup.bsky.social Three-Volume History of the Vietnam War is now available, including a chapter on "Refugees and US-Vietnamese Relations" that I wrote for Volume 3 "Endings and Aftermaths."

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The Cambridge History of the Vietnam War
Cambridge Core - History after 1945 (General) - The Cambridge History of the Vietnam War
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January 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM