Oral history transcript, David Halberstam, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1982, by Ted Gittinger

Title:

Oral history transcript, David Halberstam, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1982, by Ted Gittinger

Number of Pages:

57

Description:

Early contact with LBJ during 1960 campaign; going to Vietnam for the first time; learning about Vietnam and gaining the confidence of the people there; deciphering the motivation of the officers that spoke to him; Homer Bigart; John Vann; John Mecklin; conflict between journalists and military high officials; conditions reporters faced in Vietnam in the early 1960

Contributor:

Halberstam, David.

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 David Halberstam

Subject:

Vietnam; 1960 campaign

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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

Interviewee:

David Halberstam

Interviewer(s):

Ted Gittinger

Specific Item Type:

Oral history

Type:

Text

Format:

Paper

Identifier:

oh-halberstamd-19821101-1-93-5

Date:

1982-11-01

Time Period:

Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Citation

Oral history transcript, David Halberstam, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1982, by Ted Gittinger, LBJ Library Oral Histories, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 26, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/oh-halberstamd-19821101-1-93-5