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… York Times the Top Secret Defense Department history of Vietnam that became known as the Pentagon Papers. Both … determined to find documentation of Hoover’s orders from LBJ to bug Nixon’s airplane and Madame Chennault to counter …
Oral History Interviews
… was kind of a nasty Kissinger editorial harkening back to Vietnam and just beating up on him generally, and then … for doing that? We saw "All the Way" last night, about LBJ [Lyndon B. Johnson], and I suspect that while the two had …
Oral History Interviews
… energy, we did a PRM on youth employment, we did a PRM on Vietnam veterans, we did a PRM on non-fuel minerals, we had a … looks back at Lyndon Johnson in his darkest hours, with Vietnam crashing in around him, he had a whole group of … Just last week I read Joe Califano’s oral history in the LBJ library, and he presents a picture of Johnson empowering …
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… the first president elected after the American defeat in Vietnam, promised a foreign policy that allowed room for the …
The different ways in which presidents enter the White House often shape their first-year prospects and agendas.
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… LEFT The Miller Center's Guian McKee writes how LBJ demonstrated what not to do when dealing with a … in the aftermath of his landslide 1964 election victory. LBJ provides a negative model: what Biden should not do in … Yet all was not well. Protests against the war in Vietnam and rebellions against racial injustice in American …
UVA Institute of Democracy experts assess the latest developments as the new president settles into office
Oral History Interviews
… During my time in college, I spent one summer as an LBJ [Lyndon Baines Johnson] intern. This was an intern … difference. None of my brothers or boyfriends had been in Vietnam. Actually I have gone out with someone who can tell …
Oral History Interviews
… political influence to get into the National Guard during Vietnam. This became a big blowup immediately after Quayle’s … I went to Austin to give the commencement address at the LBJ School that I got in an airplane. But that just points …
Presidential Recordings
… … “Let’s Don’t Mislead and Deceive People” … LBJ Ranch … During the 1968 Democratic convention, President … language that demanded a halt to the bombing of North Vietnam. At the time, Johnson’s advisers told him that a …
Presidential Recordings
… … “I Feel Very, Very Strongly About This” … LBJ Ranch … Republican presidential nominee Richard M. "Dick" … interference in negotiations for peace talks to end the Vietnam War. Prompted by this development, Nixon called …
Presidential Recordings
… … "We Have Time to Get Organized” … LBJ Ranch … President Johnson and National Security Adviser … of actions they soon might take toward escalating the Vietnam War. Referencing current planning underway, Johnson …
Presidential Recordings
… … “He’s a Fool” … LBJ Ranch … National Security Adviser McGeorge “Mac” Bundy … Philippines, Diosdado P. Macapagal Sr., to send troops to Vietnam. President Johnson objected strongly to this …
Presidential Recordings
… … “This Is Treason” … LBJ Ranch … Three days before the 1968 presidential election, … with Johnson ’ s efforts to start peace talks to end the Vietnam War. In this call, Johnson referred to contacts …
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… on John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Vietnam War Presidential transitions are among the most … apace. Nixon told Johnson, in a conversation captured by LBJ’s White House taping system, that he appreciated the …
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