Oral history transcript, Joseph Alsop, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Title:

Oral history transcript, Joseph Alsop, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan

Number of Pages:

25

Description:

Early acquaintance with LBJ; how LBJ related to the press as a senator; Alsop's interactions with LBJ; Alsop's support of LBJ in 1964 against Goldwater; Alsop's and Philip Graham's role in JFK's selection of LBJ as the vice-presidential nominee at the 1960 Democratic Convection; Philip Graham; Herman Talmadge; Alsop's writing about the Vietnam War; Bill Moyers; criticism of LBJ's approach to Vietnam; Alsop being invited to visit privately with presidents; LBJ's unpredictable nature' Robert McNamara; LBJ's faults as a leader; other journalists' coverage of Vietnam and the 1968 Tet Offensive; why LBJ got bad advice; domestic programs; Anna Chennault and the October 1968 bombing halt

Contributor:

Alsop, Joseph, 1910-

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Joseph Alsop

Subject:

Vietnam; Tet Offensive, 1968

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details