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- , and Wesley United Methodist Church Choir. -I- Vietnam Redux: McNamara Recants Echoes from Vietnam-the war that will not end-sounded again. Robert McNamara, who as Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations was one of the principal
- presidency and the audio tapes The Humor of LB.I. Also remaining is the wealth-filled display of sculpture, swords and other gifrs given lo the president by foreign leaders. ,Wall Honors Vietnam Veterans The one uncompleted section of the Library's
- , 0eft) who spent time as a lecturer at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. He was escorted through the museum by volunteer Susan Dimmick. 2 Early Decisions on Vietnam Discussed A scholarly conference to explore the early decisions made by the Kennedy
- to 1968, mostly with advisers and Congressional leaders. Three-quarters of the meetings deal mainly with the Vietnam War. In addition, there are notes for 37 meet ings at which LBJ discussed foreign affairs with correspondents and a 52page transcript
- , the riots in the cities and the divisiveness of the Vietnam war were balanced by ·•a period of ide alism ... We believed that we could end racism ... We believed that we could end poverty." Turning to condi tions in the country today. Clark said: "If we
- Emeritus of Texas A & M, discussed the underlying reason for his recent book, Shadows of Vietnam: Lyndon Johnson's War. ''I was after the man who made the decisions, agonized over the Americans and Vietnamese who were being killed every day. The man who
- vious Lhre conferenc s focu, d on hm .S. policy toward Vietnam evol ed in Wash·ngton and was applied in the Field. This time, twenty prominent scholar, met to con sider ho, the Johnson Admini tration search d for peace in Vietnam. Pr . ident Johnson's
- Service Commission and as LBJ's "talent scout;' sets new guidelines for opening the voluminous Macy files in the Library's collections. 3 War Art RecordsImpressionsof Those Who "Profile of a Vietnam Veteran: Old Soldiers Never Die, They Just Fade Away
- ." "In the Johnson years ... over 200 bills that ou would consider to be bmdmark legislation in education, In civil rights, and the conomy and tall reform, and conservation and medical care and education." "(Vietnam] took a terrible toll on him and it was visible
- performance. 9 Symposium Probes Vietnam and Diplomacy by Ted Gittinger "The Vietnam War: International Perspectives," a scholarly symposium held over an October week-end, gath ered historians from Russia, Japan, Korea, China and the United States
- joined the staff of National Security Adviser Walt Rostow. Later that year he became President Johnson's press secretary. Ir was not an easy job: the civil rights struggle, riots in the cities, the Arab-Israeli Six-Day War, and the Vietnam conflict saw
- the mid-point of the war in Vietnam," Gallagher described its battletiekls as '·places where veterans and civilians from both sides could gather" Lo reflect on the experience that "had heen a crucible out of which emerged a great nation. "The ground
- to important federal posts, and hear him tackling his first foreign policy crises-the Panama Crisis, the Cuban Guantanamo Water Crisis while warily confronting the growing turmoil in Vietnam, all as he surveys an election-year political scene nationally
- a tour through a vibrant lifetime of experiences. May 18: Admiral Bobby Inman, former deputy chief of the CIA, will peer into ,the post cold war world. 9 Vietnam Paintings on Exhibit A dramatic-and somewhat un usual-exhibition is now mounted in lhe
- is calls to mind previous anxiou days. April 18, 1968: Aboard Air Force One, a somber Former President Ei enhm\er li ten President Johnson' summary of the ituation in Vietnam.] On October 14, 1968, in the Cabinet Room, Senator Richard RusseU of Georgia
- on the verge of falling apart. How could this have happened'?" Liberals blame the struggle for civil rights at home and the Vietnam War. Conservatives blame a pennis sive society which turned away from traditional values. But beware of parochial explana tions
- , and a total Iy unexpected document turns up on the Library's front step, knocking for admittance, as it were. This is a brief review of one such case. During the Vietnam War, Lyndon Johnson drew the fire of some critics for not more actively seeking a nego
- Kenneth Galbraith Takes A Fresh Look at LBJ and Vietnam "The Vietnam Wm· i fading now in imponanee in terms of evaluating the ... Johnson pre idency. And as a consequence, his stock has been ri ing. There is more of an inclination to see him
- and pestilence. He signed into law the bill which created the National Park Service. Today again we see the past as prologue. We are looking beyond the temporary trials and great personal sacrifices of Vietnam to protect and preserve a part of our past. It is now
- presenta tion both to members of the LBJ Library and to a packed audito rium of school children. 5 AdministrativeOfficialsReview Veterans of the Johnson Administra tion who had been in or near the deci sion making process on the Vietnam War gathered
- of his harrowing, yet uplifting experiences as a pilot in wartime Vietnam. The fol lowing is excerpted from his web site. http: //www.c ware-associates. com/ about.html. tary as an Army pilot. Flying helicop ters in Vietnam, Ware traded the hard ship
- that he had inherited a commitment t South Vietnam from John Kennedy and Dwight Eisenhmver. He would not betray it. Not only that: it ,vas a matt r of practical politics. The congres sional coalition that supported the Great Society was the same one
- Calcutta. And the re ·ult fwas) Vietnam ... Lyndon Johnson inherited it and was su,pi cmus of it. but he couldn't pcrsuaJc hims If that he 1-..new more about the suhje t than the people whos good fortune it was to know more about such things than the likes
- . involvement in Vietnam; that the Warren Commission report was a massive cover-up; and that Vice President Lyndon Johnson was at least an accessory after the fact who immediately accommodated the con spirators by reversing a Kennedy peace move. Luckinbill
- was the incubus of Vietnam. Decades might pass before historians could pronounce balanced judgments on this turbulent period. But what an advantage scholars would have if the testimony of the actors in that drama was theirs to consult. By May 15, 1973 FranLLand
- . Aust-in was the fiftieth ~top on the document's national tour, which has included visit to the Bush, Carter, Ger ald Ford, and Truman libraries. A Traveling Vietnam Memorial All who served in the Vi tnam War will never forget th sound: "Whop. Whop
- that Califano join his staff. and in fact cre ated a position for him as chief domestic adviser. Johnson was careful to insulate Califano from his Vietnam policy, be cause he knew that mixing up the war with domestic policy would endanger Johnson's most
- . Portrait of Woodr w Wilson by John Singer Sargent Wood engraving print, "Martin Luther King" by Ben Shahn Bronze relief of Theodore Roosevelt by James E. Fraser Paintings relating to Vietnam: "Bobby" (left) and "Landscape" (right) by Ned Broderick 7
- receiving grants-in-aid and the titles of their proposed projects are· Philip Av1l10"Winning Hearts and Minds: The U.S. Senate & Vietnam, 1964-1972," Muhammad Azmi •·u.s.As A Factor in Pakistan-Soviet Relations 1947-1966," Mitchell Bard ''The Balance
- ... the great pain and selfdoubt. ... " Williams leaves the controversy over Vietnam to the judgment of his tory. But, he said, "I have heard the anguish .... land] the advice lhe was getting]: ·Go in; keep going; once you're in, build up!"'even as other voices
- was trying to go to Vietnam to entertain the troops. She had a conference with an Army colonel. Her testimony before his committee was in support of the President's Juvenile Delinquency Bill. As you said, either someone put her up to it, or she
Reference File, "Camp David"
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- •30a-President at Camp David, Maryland A.mbassador Ellsworth Bunker, U.S.Amb. w/ to Vietnam l. ... i ..... ... ..w ~ Secretary of State Dean Rusk Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara General Earle Wheeler George Christian, Walt Ro stow, Jim Jones
Reference File, "Camp David"
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- •30a-President at Camp David, Maryland A.mbassador Ellsworth Bunker, U.S.Amb. w/ to Vietnam l. ... i ..... ... ..w ~ Secretary of State Dean Rusk Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara General Earle Wheeler George Christian, Walt Ro stow, Jim Jones
- of a man oing off to Vietnam, I never presented a medal to a man's mother or widow without dy ing a little inside myself. It's always the worst kind f 1>ain to have to do something that you know will cause surfering and sacrifice for many even If vou're
- in Vietnam·> The irony is, he thought he was. "Well, boys, J've gone the second, third, and fourth mile tonight,'· he said, after his famous Johns Hopkins speech in 1965. He had proposed a multi-billion dollar rehabilitation program for Indo china
- be a Peace Corps Volunteer, a build~ in Dj akarta or Dahomey, a Methodist minister in Vietnam, or an Ambassador ..... as witness Ed Clark. Southwestern•s traditional missionary spirit is stlll very much at work. And I feel sure that your graduates go
- Policymaking: The Interface between Domestic and Foreign Economic Policies", Michael Lawson "LBJ and the Native American Quest for Self-Determi nation"; Ardith Maney "Influencing Food As.sistancePolicy": Stephen Pelz ··America Goes to War: Korea and Vietnam
- . and finally a freelancer, for the past sixty years uncan 's images or the world's great events and people have been etched into the popular consciousness. Highlights of his career include award-winning cover age of the Korean and Vietnam Wars; a close
- Americans-the black the Hispanic, the elderly, the poor. More than once, he said he would not let Vietnam shatter bis Great S ciety, as President Truman's Fair Deal had been killed by charges that he had lost China to the Communists and the Korean War. Th
- do the writing. The prnj ccl took nearly four years. Markman recounted one striking sto ry from his research. It involved LBJ and G org Ball, who was the leading dove on Vietnam in the days when basic decisions were being made that Jed to the great