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… of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam (Random House, 2012), which won four prizes, … #AgonyofVietnam. … 'What's it worth to this country': LBJ and the Agony of Vietnam …
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… at that time—and then came back and was a real hawk on the Vietnam War, very strong pro-war. He had had a very good … in the Senate or out in the country for opposition to LBJ [Lyndon Baines Johnson]—as distinct from his …
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… … Hyannis Port, Massachusetts … Kennedy discusses the Vietnam War and the lessons he learned from it. … Young This … lottery. Young You said he was nervous at the beginning, LBJ was—he didn’t know what he would be hearing. I think most …
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… there was this reputed tension between Bobby Kennedy and LBJ [Lyndon Baines Johnson]. I’m just wondering about Edward … the war. He hadn’t been as polarizing. So in relation to LBJ. I remember the first time I met LBJ. I went with Ted to … first year, and it was just at the time of the buildup in Vietnam. The bombing had been February and the troop buildup …
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… up almost by coincidence. It was partly a product of the Vietnam War. For years there had been some support in the … Assistant Secretary with Treasury for Tax Policy in the LBJ Administration and in JFK’s [John Fitzgerald Kennedy] …
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… political careers. There is extensive discussion of the Vietnam War. The 1972 presidential campaign is discussed in … and because I knew that he was struggling with that issue, LBJ, how many kids have you killed today? and all those …
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… a—there was a big story in Paris about a peace feeler on Vietnam to Bobby. Bobby said he never heard of it, didn’t … him often, and never in flattering terms. Germany On the LBJ [Lyndon Baines Johnson] recordings, when they talk, it’s …
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… 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 …
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… and a lot of good friends were supporting it. Young Did LBJ [Lyndon B. Johnson] and Dirksen lead you down the garden … back, I went to Dulles airport and got on the plane to Vietnam, and the person seated next to me was Joe Tydings—all the way to L.A., all the way to Vietnam. Young He was going to Vietnam? Kennedy He was going …
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… 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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… 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 …
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… 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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… 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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… 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 …
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… 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 …
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… 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 …
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… in my work. Riley Sure. Yoo He has a book about LBJ [Lyndon B. Johnson] and European policy. Then Brian, on … stronger. Walt Rostow was very much a part of that. Before Vietnam, this was the thing Rostow was working on. He was …
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… offers a preview of Ken Burns' epic new PBS series, The Vietnam War, which reexamines the conflict as well as its … pessimism. And I think that’s particularly the case with LBJ and Richard Nixon. Uh, it’s there with Kennedy, um, …
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… the reason why you're allowed to or not allowed to like LBJ. It had to be about policy, not his accent. Both of them, … John when he came in, in his fatigues, as head of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War. He bivouacked in our … back and forth and using our extra phone when all of the Vietnam veterans were here. I helped him Xerox the speech …
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… for almost his entire career, except possibly for Vietnam. Parker Yes, those were the two. We started out with … years. It’s rather surprising that in all this time since LBJ, there has been only one Democratic President, Jimmy …