Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower rejected advice to land hardened veterans of the Italian campaigns on the beaches of Normandy.

Success in that desperate gamble, Ike concluded, was more likely with men who had not yet grappled with the enemy. To do the implausible required men who did not understand the challenge so well.

The National Association of Scholars, founded in 1987, has been fighting for a very long time. Its cause is defending academic freedom, the principles of free society — liberty, equality, and responsible citizenship — and the heritage of Western civilization.

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