Throughnd went on progressively more responsible positions to become chief of staff of the army and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Few men have played such a significant role and the developments leading to our current involvement in vietnam. For the last five years, general taylor has been associated intimately with the making of vietnamese policy decisions. As personal military representative of president kennedy and 1961 and 1962, as chairman of the joint chief of staff, and as our ambassador to South Vietnam in 1964 and 1965. He is now special consultant to the president , and accompanied him to the recent conference in honolulu. General taylor, we are very pleased to have you. We have had you often before and are very familiar with you. We welcome you to make whatever statement you choose. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, i want to thank you mr. Chairman and the members of the committee for your willingness to hear my views on the situation in South Vietnam. I am afraid they wi
Includes his opening statement, many questions and cant comments from senators. First, Donald Richie discusses the significance of the hearing. You brought a book with you called vietnam hearings. What is this book . Donald ritchie it was a book i used when i was teaching American History in the 1960s at the university of maryland. It was this book because experts in the hearings senator fulbright had convened on the vietnam war in early 1966. It was both proponents and supporters of the war, people like dean rusk and general Maxwell Taylor, and opponents of the war, like general gavin. We could teach this by showing the students both sides of the argument. Also, because they were being interrogated by senators on both sides of the argument, so you really got to look at what the issues were and got some idea of what the defense was and what the opposition was to the war in vietnam. It was one of the first really usable books that came out. It was not enormously partisan one way or the
1966 and it was both the proponents, the supporters of like dean and general Maxwell Taylor and gavin. Cannon and general and we could teach this by showing the students both sides of the argument. Were being they interrogated by senators who are on both sides of the argument. Got to look at what the issues were and get some idea of defense was and what the opposition was to the war in vietnam. Really useable wasnt at came out that thats sly partisan and why the hearings were so important because they presented oth sides of the issues and it enabled the American People to hear from people who thought the great idea to people thought the war was a terrible for people who thought the war could be one and the war couldught not be won and from people who kphopl moonist conspiracy. Since seasons we never had a to war and going declaration of going to war hese hearings in january and february of 1966 were essentially the first debate over whether or not we should be in vietnam. In a few minu
Supporters of the war, people like dean rusk and general Maxwell Taylor, and opponents like general gavin. We could teach this by showing the students both sides of the argument. They were being interrogated by senators on both sides of the argument, so you got to look at what the issues were and got some idea of what the defense wasand what the opposition to the war in vietnam. It was one of the first really usable books that came out. It was not enormously partisan one way or the other about the war, and that is why those hearings were so important, because they did present both , and it the issues enabled the American People to hear from people who thought the war was a great idea to people who thought the war was a terrible idea to the people who thought the work of the one to people who thought there was no possible way the war could be people thought it was a communist conspiracy to take over vietnam and to people who thought it was a legitimate civil war in via non. Over we neve
And how they changed president ial campaigns. The Kansas City Public Library hosted this event. It is a little over an hour. Good evening print welcome to the Kansas City Public Library. Perhaps befitting my new parttime status as a visiting fellow at the whole center for the humanities at the university of kansas director of public affairs, emeritus. Me,ever you want to call im off the payroll here, but i cant stay away from this place, im afraid. Kind of addicted to it. As one of my former colleague said an hour ago, i cant go cold turkey. For thely tonight, when fourth time in four years, we are hosting president ial historian extraordinaire john robert greene, a professor of intory and humanities cazenovia, new york, where yes taught for the past 36 years. He also serves as the college archivist. As i just adjusted, since 2012 bob greene has been making annual appearances at the Kansas City Public Library. In 2012 he spoke on president george h w bush. In 2013 he was back for a tal