The Recordings Program. It is quite wonderful actually to be here with everybody. It is something of a reunion in fact since kent was with us for years and years and spending his time at university of South Carolina. For the next 75 minutes, well share with you insights from the secret white house tapes. And well look to explore the dynamics therein and to relate them to see what kind of questions they prompt us to ask about contemporary dynamics about the history they contain, about parallels to todays events, about the practice of democracy itself. Just a word about the Recordings Program, we were established in 1998. And our goal, we are the only institution of its kind doing it, is to analyze and transcribe the secret president ial tapes that president s made from 1940 through 1973. That is from Franklin Roosevelt through Richard Nixon. We do this work at the Miller Center. We actually do it off site as well because so much of the work these days is browserbased. But we publish our
Places they can no longer go. Be not ashamed to say you love them though you may not have always. Take what they have left and what they have taught you while youre dying and keep them in their own. And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind. Michael odonnell, january 1st, 1970. Susan who was Michael Odonnell . David he was a young man who found himself in vietnam in 1970. He was a songwriter and a poet and a helicopter pilot and a hero and ultimately a casualty of the vietnam war. Susan how did you encounter his poetry . David i first read a book by harold evans. There was a section of the vietnam war in that section theres a small photograph of Michael Odonnell. And it said that young man wrote this poem, the poem i just said. And below that, shortly after writing this short poem, his helicopter was shot down and he remains missing in action. That book was published about 20 years ago. And at t
American public for one reason. Vietnam. Johnson is the president identified with the vietnam war, although there is a famous quote from october 13, 1967 where he said to a journalist, this is not Lyndon Johnsons war. This is americas war. If i drop dead tomorrow, this war still be here. He was right. But the way it was fought has been ascribed to Lyndon Johnson. It is considered his tragedy, failure, the trail, depending on your position of the spectrum. There are two books both entitled Lyndon Johnsons war, and both advancing compelling if contradictory analyses of the reasons behind the series of decisions made between 1964 and 1868 that led to justification for escalating the war, the gulf incident of 1964, the first landing of u. S. Combat troops to defend the base in 1965, the stepped up escalation of forces in the country over the next two years until the total was greater than half a million men, the changeover from based security to enclave security, to finally what was called
Influenced johnsons desire to be seen as a strong, confident foreignpolicy president. Welcome. Todays subject is Lyndon Johnson. He is best member for one reason. Vietnam. Johnson is the president identified with the vietnam war, although there is a famous quote from october 13, 1967 where he said to a journalist, this is not Lyndon Johnsons war. This is americas war. If i drop dead tomorrow, this war. Still be here. He was right. But the way it was fought has been ascribed to Lyndon Johnson. It is considered his tragedy, failure, the trail, depending on your position of the spectrum. There are two books both entitled Lyndon Johnsons war, and both advancing compelling if contradictory analyses of the reasons behind the series of decisions made between 1964 and 1868 that led to justification for escalating the war, the gulf incident of 1964, the first landing of u. S. Combat troops to defend the base in 1965, the stepped up escalation of forces in the country over the next two years unt
Trouble tonight at eight eastern on cspan q a. You can listen to q a and all of our podcasts on our free cspan. Now app. Daniel ellsberg has passed away at the age of 92. He is best known for leaking sensitive documents on the vietnam war, known as the pentagon papers, which many believe helped to end the longest u. S. Conflict of the 20th century. The disclosures would also lead to a Landmark Supreme Court decision on freedom of the press. In 2019, the university of massachusetts amherst acquired the papers of Daniel Ellsberg and next from the school he talks about his career and his fight against the proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. This is just over 2 hours. All right. Good evening. Good afternoon. Good evening. Were going to get started. So greetings and welcome to the 21st annual friends of the umass librarys fall reception. Im simon nehme, dean of libraries here at Umass Amherst. And today i have the honor of welcoming you to a very, very special program planned to celebrate the