Were elected through back channels, small party conventions. In 1968, 73 of democratic delegates through the convention had been elected this way. Less than 25 were elected in the way we normally do it. President Lyndon Johnson took himself out of the race. He was not up for reelection in 1968. This initiated a freefall in the Democratic Party between a number of candidates. One of which who was very popular was unfortunately dead by august of 1968. That was robert kennedy. He was a peace candidate. He had been a unifying candidate for many people in the party. He was assassinated in june of 1968. That is one thing lying behind the convention in august of 1968. The kennedy delegates who had been elected, pledged to kennedy. Hubert humphrey, Lyndon Johnsons Vice President had become the nominee by august. There was another peace candidate, mccarthy who had delegates like kennedy who showed up in chicago in august. It is something of a freeforall where the delegates are concerned. It is
Conflict from u. S. Escalation in 1965 to the fall of saigon in 1975. He argues that the United States was in vietnam to prove the viability of capitalism and the american system of government. His class is about an hour, 15 minutes. So we talked about the kind of the leadup to the American Intervention of vietnam on tuesday. Were going to look at the war today. Before we kind of jump into the actual war, any questions concerning the stuff we covered on tuesday . No. I am that good, arent i . So i want you guys to pay especially good attention today, because as it turns out, this is the only thing im actually qualified to teach. [ laughter ] i didnt know there was a war in korea until i read the textbook with you guys. But the vietnam war is your thing. Ive tried to present concise history of the war and hopefully it makes some sense to you. So on tuesday, were talking about how starting in 1964, as a result of developments in hanoi, North Vietnam under its new leader starts to escalat
To see nowadays. Before 1972, there were few primaries. Most of the delegates to both conventions, republicans and democrats, were elected through as we call it back channels, small party conventions, back room meetings, among various politicians. In 1968, 73 of democratic delegates to the convention had been elected this way. Less than 25 were elected in the way we normally do it now. Ly Lyndon Johnson had taken himself out of the race. He was not up for reelection in 1968, which initiate ad a freeforall between a number of conditions. One of which was dead by august of 68. That was Robert Kennedy who had been a peace candidate, who had been a unifying candidate for many people in the party. He was assassinated in june of 1968. Thats one thing thats lying behind the convention in august of 68 when people arrive there, the kennedy delegates who had been elected, pledged to kennedy. Hubert humphrey had become the nominee, the Party Nominee by august as vicepresident. There was another p
Concern over increased enemy activity in laos, cambodia, and South Vietnam. And at that time i warned that if i concluded increased enemy activity in any of those areas endangered the lives of americans remaining in vietnam, i would not hesitate to take strong and effective measures to deal with that situation. Despite that warning, North Vietnam has increased its military aggression in all of these areas, and particularly in cambodia. After full consultation with the National Security council, ambassador bunker, general abrams, and my other advisors, i have concluded that the actions of the enemy in the last 10 days clearly endanger the lives of americans who are in vietnam now , and would constitute an unacceptable risk to those who will be there after withdrawal of another 150,000. To protect our men who are in vietnam, and to guarantee the continued success of our withdrawal and vietnamization programs, i have concluded that the time has come for action. Tonight, i shall describe t
The korean and vietnam wars and argues that covert participation helps to keep wars contained. The Woodrow Wilson Center Hosted this onehour event. Its a great pleasure today to welcome back austin carson. He also has the distinction of being a title a stetitle a scholar. He is just written a new book, secret wars covert conflict in international politics. It will be available for purchase after todays talk. Dr. Carson is an assistant professor in the department of Political Science at the university of chicago. He has published widely already. He is published in the journal of politics and security studies. He has launched on his second book project already. It analyzes the role of Sensitive Information and secrecy and international organizations. He received his phd from ohio state in 2013. As i previously mentioned, he was a Summer Research scholar under the title a program here at the institute in 22 2013. With that, i will turn the floor over to austin. Thank you. Thanks also to a