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Pat
Proctor talks about Containment and Credibility at a Meeting of
the Association of the United States Army 16 March 2017
In the run-up to the 1964 election, the Johnson
campaign painted their Republican opponent, Sen. Barry Goldwater, as an
extremist on foreign policy. Thank you to the
Lyndon
Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas for making this video
available to the public.
President Announces the Deployment of American Soldiers to Vietnam
28 July 1965
In a noontime press conference from the White House,
President Lyndon Johnson announces his decision to send large numbers of
American Soldiers to Vietnam. In fact, U.S. Marines have been fighting a
ground war in Vietnam for months. Before the announcement, Johnson uses
the ideology of containment to justify U.S. military intervention.
Thank you to the
Lyndon
Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas for making this video
available to the public.
Morley Safer Report from Cam Ne 5 August 1965
CBS Reporter Morley Safer gave American audiences their
first real look at the war in Vietnam. In this report, Safer shows
U.S. Marines setting fire to the village of Cam Ne in South Vietnam.
Lyndon Johnson Memorial Day Remarks at Arlington National Cemetery
30 May 1966
President Lyndon Johnson makes the case for U.S.
military intervention in Vietnam at a televised Memorial Day ceremony at
the Arlington National Cemetery. His arguments for continuing the war
are steeped in the ideology of containment, the paradigm that guided
American foreign policy through the Cold War. Thank you to the
Lyndon
Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas for making this video
available to the public.
Lyndon Johnson Phone Conversation with Robert McNamara 31 January
1968
As the Tet Offensive intensified, Secretary of Defense
Robert McNamara provides President Lyndon Johnson with an assessment of
the situation in South Vietnam. Thank you to the
Lyndon
Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas for making this video
available to the public.
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Pat
Proctor talks about Containment and Credibility at a Meeting of
the Association of the United States Army
