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- their
best-selling works. Robe1t McNamara
presented his own mea culpa on
Vietnam. Ban-y Goldwater cl lineated
"A Con ervativ 's Philo ·ophy."
Sid Davi' and George Chri tian
laughingly recalled how LBJ con
tributed to his credibility gap wh n he
got carried
- Vietnam
- is moving slowly; Lyn Nugent follows Lucia Jane around giving her hugs & plays on Lucinda Robb's baby buggy; Christmas buffet dinner; Johnson family speaks with Chuck Robb & Pat Nugent, together in Vietnam; Lady Bird reads "Reflections" by Helen Hayes
- . It was the War to End
all Wars. It set the stage for World War
II and ultimately, the wars in Korea and
Vietnam. November 11 marks the 60th
annwersary
,f the armistice that
stopped World War I. [It] also marks the
opening of a major exhib 't on World
War I
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affairs, it ignored the problems of the
Vietnam War. In his speech Johnson
called upon the best instincts of his
audience. He urged the people not to
be content with the nation as it was
but to look ahead, particularly at
three areas where great problems
r
- . Bundy on the shapin of
American policy in Vietnam from 1961 through 1965. Bundy
serv d as D puty Assistant ecretary and Assistant Secretary
of Defense and as Assistant Secretary f tate in the 1960s.
• The photographic collection of Jim Cox, prize- inning
- with a
telephone as you probably know. He
began to talk to me about the Vietnam
war ... He just spent an hour and a ha!f
preaching to the converted because
while 1disagreed in some ways [about
how] the war was being conducted, I
did feel that basically it had
- on Vietnam policy. One
of the students, Rachel Martin of
Sealy, Texas, is doing an honors the
sis on how southerners used the
Declaration of Independence to rede
fine the American character during
the time preceding the Civil War.
Martin expects to graduate
- Vietnam
- LBJ is concerned about gold crisis & Vietnam troop decision; Lady Bird to Texas; meeting about LBJ park; tour of Pioneer Museum in Fredericksburg; LBJ's birth announcement in German newspaper; Lady Bird breaks compact mirror; tour of Tatsch house
- Vietnam
- . West; gift for White House staff; Military Reception at White House; photos with military & Medal of Honor recipients; Chuck Robb is losing weight in Vietnam; General James Cross is leaving as military aide; Elvira Madigan, in theater; visit with school
- Vietnam
- to hospital; Lady Bird tries to contact Chuck Robb in Vietnam; Lady Bird calls Chuck's parents; Lynda Robb gives birth to baby girl; Lady Bird calls General Lewis Walt to get message to Chuck; LBJ, Lady Bird & Luci hand out cigars & candy to press
- Policy.'
Lan Thuc Le, "The Impact of the Vietnam Problem
on the Role and the Work of the U.S. Congress."
George C. Mackenzie, "The Appointment Process:
The Selection and Confirmation of ederal Political
Executives."
David C. Mowery, "A History
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was happening." The decade saw the maturation of
the nuclear age, Arab reaction to the creation of
Israel, the Marxist revolution in Cuba and even the
seeds of Vietnam, Hardeman pointed out. The civil
rights "revolution" was the most politically signifi
cant
- that' one of our greatest
strengths, but maybe it's one of our weaknesses, too. If a
young man says "You're sending me to Vietnam because of
The hurl look lhat jusl gets born there when you're poor and
discriminated against.
the SEATO treaty, but I wasn't
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Author St ve Harrigan recalled
that he firsl visited to the Library as a
student al The University of Texas.
He came to its opening in 1971, not
to eel brate, but to prote t the
Vietnam War. In tho e days. he said,
it a· ea y to ·ce the world in terms
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by their fir t atomic bomb test." He
drew other examples from Vietnam,
Berlin, and the Middle East. "Success
can derive from failure," Bobbit mused.
"It's called learning."
But he warned that success can lead to
failure, as well. Too often we rely on st:rate
- >eing-debated. This business ol the fail accompli which we
saw in Vietnam, all the way through, step by :;tcp, ~as
bad."
Rut lh
- Vietnam
- for Shah of Iran; LBJ & the Shah of Iran exchange toasts; Johnsons & Shah greet dancers on stage after the ballet; donations of artwork to White House & the LBJ Library by Armand Hammer; Lady Bird visits with David Lilienthal about Vietnam; LBJ & Lady Bird
