Oral history transcript, Robert S. McNamara, interview S-1 (I), 3/26/1993, by Robert Dallek

Title:

Oral history transcript, Robert S. McNamara, interview S-1 (I), 3/26/1993, by Robert Dallek

Number of Pages:

26

Description:

Contacts with LBJ as VP; LBJ and civil rights legislation;LBJ's involvement with the downfall of Joseph McCarthy; HHH's position on Vietnam during 1968 campaign; RFK; Dallek's comments on Richard Nixon's involvement in the 1968 Vietnam peace negotiations; LBJ's White House taping system; comparison of LBJ's abilities in domestic and foreign affairs; LBJ's inheritance of the Vietnam situation; McNamara's assessment of the LBJ presidency; Six Day War, 1967; hot line call from Kosygin.

Contributor:

McNamara, Robert Strange, 1916-2009

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of Oral Histories Given to the Lyndon B. Johnson Library

See Also:

See all online interviews with Robert S. McNamara

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

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