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… As the historian Keith W. Olson contends, “Watergate and Vietnam…contributed significantly to a fundamental distrust … in South Vietnam. The international conflict turned LBJ into a villain in the White House, and created a …
Oral History Interviews
… years when Nixon had to leave. It was also the time of the Vietnam War, and also, of course, this was right after the … up until that time. As you know, this was the end of the LBJ [Lyndon Baines Johnson] Presidency. I want to say Stuart …
Oral History Interviews
… Johnson or someone else. Whereas [Lyndon Baines Johnson] LBJ was perfectly free when he took over, and indeed all of … address these questions of destabilizers, which was a post-Vietnam environment, the tinderbox situation in the Middle …
Oral History Interviews
… of the speeches, especially if they had, for example, any Vietnam aspect to them—and in 1967, a speech to a group of … them getting directly involved in it. Young So it wasn't LBJ's [Lyndon Baines Johnson]—? Flug They never had to take a …
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… vary widely in quality. Perhaps the most famous study of LBJ is Robert Caro’s still ongoing, multi-volume saga , which … of why Johnson remained trapped in his commitment to the Vietnam War. Biographies aside, great insight into LBJ’s …
Our First Year team of experts offers essential readings on the 36th president
Oral History Interviews
… a nuclear attack by China or the Soviet Union. As the LBJ administration was ending in 1968 and [Richard] Nixon was … the mantle of Robert Kennedy in terms of opposition to the Vietnam War. Young He had started out supporting the Vietnam …
Oral History Interviews
… would do it. Ted says in this memo of his meeting with LBJ, Lyndon says, ‘Do you really want this?’ and Ted says, I … Bobby’s going to run, we’re never going to win with LBJ because of Vietnam, but it was very discreet because of the sensitivity …
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… from President Johnson’s secret White House tapes. The LBJ Library, the LBJ Foundation, and the Miller Center … for African Americans, and struggles with the war in Vietnam. They can also observe Johnson organizing the …
Delve into even more "secret tapes" from President Lyndon Johnson's time in the White House.
Oral History Interviews
… and met him, and he said, My son has just been killed in Vietnam, and I’d like to go back to the United States, but … Six hundred thousand acres? Yes, and it’s called the LBJ ranch. And just then they see [Leverett] Saltonstall walk … had it over in the Capitol. He had what they now call the LBJ Room, which is the place where the Democrats caucus. It’s …
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… Grounds. Frederick E. Nolting Jr., ambassador to South Vietnam from 1961 to 1963 under President John F. Kennedy, … Johnson Presidential Library and Foundation to create the LBJ Telephone Tapes website, lbjtapes.org . Anticipating a …
An antidote to partisan rancor, the Miller Center has shone a light on democracy for half a century.
Oral History Interviews
… because of the nominees coming up and because of the Vietnam War—which continued to be a major conflict—and a lot … see what he thought about Jaworski, who had been close to LBJ [Lyndon Baines Johnson]. We were concerned about his …
Oral History Interviews
… law was very important. It was important the day of the Vietnam evacuation. The law is still on the books in one form … There was always this rivalry between Robert Kennedy and LBJ, and it really never disappeared. And even though one …
Oral History Interviews
… moving with the things his brother had started and that LBJ [Lyndon Baines Johnson] was carrying forward. He has … Right. Young But from Ireland to— Bates Bangladesh. Young —Vietnam to Bangladesh. Bates Nigeria. Young All of those. His …
Oral History Interviews
… to the experience of the ’60s with [John F.] Kennedy and LBJ [Lyndon B. Johnson], the world was a much more difficult … were all in a big argument over whether to impose a Vietnam War surcharging system. [Robert S.] McNamara got into …
Public Events
… then candidate Nixon, of a backchannel connection to delay Vietnam War peace talks until after the 1968 election, … President Hubert Humphrey was Democratic Nominee after LBJ withdrew And so the idea that he perhaps violated the law …
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… in the residence section of the White House and at the LBJ Ranch in Stonewall, Texas. While President, Johnson … a variety of topics. They include: foreign policy, the Vietnam War and peace negotiations, legislation, civil …
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… shed light on a little-known chapter in the history of the Vietnam War. That month, Nixon was desperate to get South … regarded Nixon's political career over. Nixon and LBJ When Richard Nixon hired diplomatic correspondent John …
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… Presidential Recordings Program. “That honor goes to Vietnam.” Straight from the early 1960s barked the voice of … Carolina, believes is the most sincere political moment of LBJ’s life: Johnson had almost quit. He’d prepared a press …
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… The leak of the "Pentagon Papers" study of the Vietnam war became a turning point in the history of Richard … out against the leak, and Haldeman suggested blackmailing LBJ. The trio then reviewed a report from aide Tom Huston …
The leak of the "Pentagon Papers" study of the Vietnam war became a turning point in the history of Richard Nixon’s presidency and a crucial catalyst in his downfall
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… Johnson. Hoover, however, was not telling the truth. While LBJ had ordered several kinds of FBI surveillance in 1968 to find out whether Nixon was sabotaging his Vietnam peace negotiations, bugging the nominee’s campaign …