This collection comprises publications in the form of articles and speeches by American politicians and journalists of the 1960s
This collections consists of four publications in the form of political and societal discourse reflected the issues of American and international politics in the 1960s
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 01: RG-64.01, The Case Against an Anti-Ballistic Missile System, article from Look Magazine, November 28, 1967, 28 November, 1967
This document is a scholarly article written by Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner; Wiesner was titled Science Advisor to the President for Presidents' Eisenhower, Johnson, and Kennedy. Wiesner's article, "The Case Against an Antiballistic Missile System", criticizes the construction of antiballistic defense systems in the United States during the Cold War era.
Wiesner introduces that since the Chinese tested a hydrogen bomb and negotiations faltering between the USSR and USA to limit missile defenses, an American panic has come over the White House to construct an antiballistic missile system. Dr. Wiesner criticizes President Lyndon B. Johnson's decision to build an ABM defense system that would cost "between $3 to $6 billion, that would provide a reasonably effective defense..." in the short term, only 10-15 years. Dr. Wiesner also criticizes the "disastrous" handling of the Vietnam conflict in 1961.
On antiballistic systems, Dr. Wiesner is against because he believes there is safety on offense; "offense has all of the advantages; any defense system can be overpowered." Wiesner biggest criticism is the exponential cost of ABM systems and short-term effectiveness. In conclusion, Dr. Wiesner calls for peace, "the best defens is to prevent nuclear war."
Look Magazine, 28 November, 1967.
- Subject/Index Terms:
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China, post-WWII
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The USSR (1945 -- 1991)
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Cold War
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Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th President of the United States
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John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States
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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
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Missile systems, defensive
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Missile systems, offensive
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antiballistic missile systems, Cold War era
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Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Communist Party of China, 1945-1976
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, 1961-1968
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Vietnam War, 1962 -- 1973
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Vietnam (1954 -- 1975)
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United States (1960--2000)
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New York (New York, United States)
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Communist ideology
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Communism
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Japan, post-WWII
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India, post-WWII
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Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner, Science Advisory Committee to the President,
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Look Magazine, American magazine, 1967
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Moscow (the USSR)
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Diplomatic relations between the USSR and the United States, Cold War era
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Second World War, 1939 -- 1945
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Nuclear warfare, Cold War era
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Editorial board and contributors, Look Magazine, American (1967)
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Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner, Science Advisory Committee to the President (1967)
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Look Magazine, American publication (1967)
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 02: RG-64.02, A Draftee is Sent to Fight, article from Look Magazine, November 28, 1967, 28 November, 1967
This document is an article written in Look Magazine, an American publication. Written/Produced by Christopher S. Wren, the article titled, "Vietnam: A Draftee is Sent to Fight," depicts in photographs and written narrative the American draftee's experience fighting in Vietnam.
The article highlights a newly drafted infantryman from California named Steve Stone, as the narrative discusses the rising amount of American casualties in Vietnam, leading to the United States' leaning evermore on Conscription. In a seemingly antiwar light, the article continues to discuss the war as a "volunteer war [where] seventy percent of the U.S. Army has less than two years' service."
Photographs that are included show infantrymen and their interaction with the landscape of Vietnam.
Look Magazine, 28 November, 1967.
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Look Magazine, American magazine, 1967
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Vietnam (1954 -- 1975)
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Vietnam War, 1962 -- 1973
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US Army draft
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California (USA)
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United States (1945--Present)
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Armed forces, American
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warfare in the light of American media, Vietnam War
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American antiwar sentiment, Vietnam War
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casualties in war
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periodicals, American
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News magazines, American
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Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th President of the United States
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Steve Stone, American infantryman, Vietnam War
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wartime photographs
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Photographs, Vietnam War
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, 1961-1968
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US soldiers in Vietnam, 1962 -- 1975
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Combat operations in Vietnam, 1962 -- 1975
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Editorial board and contributors, Look Magazine, American (1967)
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Look Magazine, American publication (1967)
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Christopher S. Wren, Producer for Look Magazine, American publication (1967)
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 03: RG-64.03. What We Can Do to End the Agony of Vietnam, article from Look Magazine, part 1, 28 November 1967, 28 November, 1967
This document is an article published by the editorial board and contributors of Look Magazine, an American publication. Specifically, the article is an excerpt taken from liberal U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy's book entitled, "To Seek a Newer World."
RFK calls for negotiations as the only possible way out of the agony of Vietnam.... "successive governments of South Vietnam have failed..Instead of a government responsive to the needs and aspirations of the people, there is corruption and cronyism."
Kennedy focuses on the irony of President Johnson's offer to negotiate despite bombing Hanoi. Also, with an increasing VietCong strength, Kennedy believes that President Johnson will counter with sending more American troops. Kennedy follows with noting that America's allies are not supportive of the Vietnam conflict, continue to trade with the belligerent Vietnam and China, and on the American home front, "the war has divided Americans in ways whose effects we may feel for years to come."
Look Magazine, 28 November, 1967, part 1.
- Subject/Index Terms:
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American antiwar sentiment, Vietnam War
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Combat operations in Vietnam, 1962 -- 1975
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Vietnam (1954 -- 1975)
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Vietnam War, 1962 -- 1973
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warfare in the light of American media, Vietnam War
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Disasters of the Vietnam War
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Division in the American society over the Vietnam War
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Negotiations in the Vietnam War
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Search for peace settlement in the Vietnam war
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Look Magazine, American magazine, 1967
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Armed forces, American
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casualties in war
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periodicals, American
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News magazines, American
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US soldiers in Vietnam, 1962 -- 1975
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Communism
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Domino Theory
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China, post-WWII
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Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Communist Party of China, 1945-1976
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The USSR (1945--1991)
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Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader, (1890-1969)
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Viet Cong, Vietnamese Revolutionary Forces
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France (Europe)
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First Indochina War, between France and Communist Indochinese Forces
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Algeria (Africa: Country)
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Saigon, capital of South Vietnam
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U.S. Senate
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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
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John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States
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Burma (British Colony: Asia)
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Cuba (1902 -- 1959)
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Fidel Castro, Cuban Revolutionary leader
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San Francisco (California, USA)
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Hanoi, capital of North Vietnam
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Nuclear warfare, Cold War era
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Cold War
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Diplomatic relations between the USSR and the United States, Cold War era
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Robert F. Kennedy, US Senator and official, public and political figure
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Moscow (the USSR)
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Nikita Khruschev, Soviet Russian Premier, (1894-1971)
- Creators:
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Editorial board and contributors, Look Magazine, American (1967)
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Look Magazine, American publication (1967)
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U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy (1965-1968)
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 04: RG-64.03, What We Can Do to End the Agony of Vietnam, article from Look Magazine, part 2, 28 November 1967, 28 November, 1967
This document is an article published by the editorial board and contributors of Look Magazine, an American publication. Specifically, the article is an excerpt taken from liberal U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy's book entitled, "To Seek a Newer World."
Robert F. Kennedy criticizes the lack of peace negotiations between the Johnson Administration and the North Vietnamese. Kennedy stresses the North Vietnamese willingness to allow for peace negotiations as long as the Americans stopped bombing Hanoi, but the Americans did not cease bombing the North Vietnamese capital.
In short, Kennedy calls for the halt of bombing North Vietnam, negotiating peace between North and South Vietnam, and gradual extraction of foreign troops from Vietnam.
Look Magazine, 28 November, 1967, part 2.
- Subject/Index Terms:
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Organization of The United Nations
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Nikita Khruschev, Soviet Russian Premier, (1894-1971)
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Moscow (the USSR)
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Diplomatic relations between the USSR and the United States, Cold War era
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Cold War
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Nuclear warfare, Cold War era
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Hanoi, capital of North Vietnam
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First Indochina War, between France and Communist Indochinese Forces
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Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Communist Party of China, 1945-1976
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Communism
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US soldiers in Vietnam, 1962 -- 1975
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News magazines, American
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periodicals, American
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casualties in war
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Armed forces, American
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Look Magazine, American magazine, 1967
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Search for peace settlement in the Vietnam war
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Negotiations in the Vietnam War
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Division in the American society over the Vietnam War
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Disasters of the Vietnam War
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Robert F. Kennedy, US Senator and official, public and political figure
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Vietnam (1954 -- 1975)
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Vietnam War, 1962 -- 1973
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American antiwar sentiment, Vietnam War
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Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader, (1890-1969)
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Viet Cong, Vietnamese Revolutionary Forces
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France (Europe)
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NLF, National Liberation Front (Vietnam)
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Algeria (Africa: Country)
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Saigon, capital of South Vietnam
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warfare in the light of American media, Vietnam War
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U.S. Senate
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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
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John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States
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Domino Theory
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Burma (British Colony: Asia)
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China, post-WWII
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Cuba (1902 -- 1959)
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Fidel Castro, Cuban Revolutionary leader
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The USSR (1945 -- 1991)
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San Francisco (California, USA)
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, 1961-1968
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Combat operations in Vietnam, 1962 -- 1975
- Creators:
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Editorial board and contributors, Look Magazine, American (1967)
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Look Magazine, American publication (1967)
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U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy (1965-1968)
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 05: RG-64.04, Saurday Evening Post article about Lyndon B. Johnson, entitled The Exercise of Power. Part 1, October 22, 1966, 22 October, 1966
This document is an article written by Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, writers for an American magazine, Saturday Evening Post.
The article entitled, "Lyndon B. Johnson: The Exercise of Power," discusses Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 Presidential campaign and tactics that allowed LBJ to win a landslide victory against Republican Senator Barry Goldwater.
Specifically, the article discusses the feud between Democratic representatives Robert F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, and Johnson's eventual exclusion of Robert F. Kennedy from the Vice Presidency.
The article also discusses the hypocricy between Lyndon B. Johnson's ideas of opening a two-front war; a war against poverty in America through ideas of "Great Society," and a war against Communism in Vietnam and the continued strategic bombing of North Vietnam and LBJ's extension of the war in Vietnam.
Saturday Evening Post, 22 October, 1966. Pt. 1
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Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th President of the United States
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The Great Society, American politics
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The Great Society, American politics, Lyndon B. Johnson
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Reforms in Social sphere, Great Society, United States
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Reforms in public sphere, Great Society, United States
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Reforms in civil rights, Great Society, United States
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Robert F. Kennedy, US Senator and official, public and political figure
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John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States
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Truman, Harry S.
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Vietnam (1954 -- 1975)
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Vietnam War, 1962 -- 1973
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Poverty in the United States, 1960s
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anti-poverty program, 1960s
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American antiwar sentiment, Vietnam War
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Division in the American society over the Vietnam War
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States, 1882 -- 1945
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The Saturday Evening Post, American magazine
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American politics, 1960s
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Combat operations in Vietnam, 1962 -- 1975
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Decision to apply military forces in Vietnam, Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965
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Presidential campaign of 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson
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Presidential campaigns, intrigues and hypocrisies, United States
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, 1961-1968
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Communism
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News magazines, American
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Presidential campaigns, United States
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The Saturday Evening Post, American magazine
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Editorial Board and contributors for the Saturday Evening Post (1966)
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Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, writers for the Saturday Evening Post (1966)
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 06: RG-64.04, Saturday Evening Post article about Lyndon B. Johnson, entitled The Exercise of Power, part 2, October 22, 1966, 22 October, 1966
This document is an article written by Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, writers for an American magazine, Saturday Evening Post.
The article entitled, "Lyndon B. Johnson: The Exercise of Power," discusses Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 Presidential campaign and tactics that allowed LBJ to win a landslide victory against Republican Senator Barry Goldwater.
The article explains that during the 1964 Presidential campaign, the Johnson camp initiated in "black politics" or "black propaganda," which smeared or overexaggerated the campaign of Repbulican Senatory Barry Goldwater, Johnson's political rival.
The Johnson camp played on Goldwater's seemingly warmongering focus in Vietnam over social progression in the United States. Johnson's campaign focused on the social progression, or 'War on Poverty, in the United States, to please American voters. However, once Johnson was elected, he strayed from the 'War on Poverty' to extend the war in Vietnam.
The article reveals that Johnson's weak point was 'Foreign Policy', in which he relied heavily on advisors. This led to the nervous handling of the situation in the Dominican Republic, and in Vietnam.
Saturday Evening Post, 22 October, 1966. Pt. 2
- Subject/Index Terms:
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Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th President of the United States
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John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States
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Vietnam (1954 -- 1975)
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Vietnam War, 1962 -- 1973
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Truman, Harry S.
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The Great Society, American politics, Lyndon B. Johnson
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Reforms in public sphere, Great Society, United States
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Reforms in Social sphere, Great Society, United States
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Poverty in the United States, 1960s
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Robert F. Kennedy, US Senator and official, public and political figure
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anti-poverty program, 1960s
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War propaganda, American
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American antiwar sentiment, Vietnam War
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Division in the American society over the Vietnam War
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The Saturday Evening Post, American magazine
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American politics, 1960s
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, 1961-1968
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Presidential campaigns, intrigues and hypocrisies, United States
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Combat operations in Vietnam, 1962 -- 1975
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Decision to apply military forces in Vietnam, Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965
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Presidential campaign of 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson
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Communism
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warfare in the light of American media, Vietnam War
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News magazines, American
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Presidential campaigns, United States
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Editorial Board and contributors for the Saturday Evening Post (1966)
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Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, writers for the Saturday Evening Post (1966)
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The Saturday Evening Post, American magazine
- Document/Artifact of Item-Level 07: RG-64.04, Saturday Evening Post article about Lyndon B. Johnson, entitled The Exercise of Power, part 3, October 22, 1966, 22 October, 1966
This document is an article written by Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, writers for Saturday Evening Post, an American magazine.
The article discusses the hypocrisy of Lyndon B. Johnson's presidential campaign (War on Poverty), and the way he utilized Presidential powers in switching from the War on Poverty to an extended War on Communism in Vietnam.
Aggressive shows of military force by the North Vietnamese led to Johnson's swift retaliation of military firepower in an operation called "Rolling Thunder," which extended the war in Vietnam and made the conflict "personal."
The reaction to extending the war in Vietnam through Operation Rolling Thunder was met with much criticism in Congress as well as in American universities, where "teach-ins" protested Vietnam and called for "unconditional negotiations" with North Vietnam.
Writers of the article conclude with an understanding of President Johnson's utilization of political power and flexibility of ideology. These powers have done good in the public sphere (Civil Rights Act, censuring Joe McCarthy, etc.), but the writers emphasize that Johnson's decision to extend war in Vietnam will remain an impactful smear on his presidency.
Saturday Evening Post, 22 October, 1966
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, 1961-1968
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Robert F. Kennedy, US Senator and official, public and political figure
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Truman, Harry S.
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Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th President of the United States
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The Great Society, American politics, Lyndon B. Johnson
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Saigon, capital of South Vietnam
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Viet Cong, Vietnamese Revolutionary Forces
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Vietnam War, 1962 -- 1973
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Vietnam (1954 -- 1975)
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American antiwar sentiment, Vietnam War
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Combat operations in Vietnam, 1962 -- 1975
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Decision to apply military forces in Vietnam, Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965
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Disasters of the Vietnam War
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Division in the American society over the Vietnam War
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Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader, (1890-1969)
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warfare in the light of American media, Vietnam War
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US soldiers in Vietnam, 1962 -- 1975
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Search for peace settlement in the Vietnam war
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NLF, National Liberation Front (Vietnam)
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Reforms in civil rights, Great Society, United States
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Reforms in public sphere, Great Society, United States
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Reforms in Social sphere, Great Society, United States
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United States Navy
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US Air Force
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China, post-WWII
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Communism
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Cold War
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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
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John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States, 1882 -- 1945
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Editorial Board and contributors for the Saturday Evening Post (1966)
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Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, writers for the Saturday Evening Post (1966)
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The Saturday Evening Post, American magazine