How the U S Got Involved in Vietnam
The New York Times reports on a Pentagon study of U S involvement in Indochina detailing McNamara's 1966-67 push to curb bombing and seek peace talks. It covers policy splits, the Manila communique, and Johnson's 1967-68 shift toward greater air power amid dissent.
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World Bank
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William C. Westmoreland
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Baggs
International Control Commission For Vietnam
Warsaw
Harold Wilson
London
Aleksei N. Kosygin
Mr. Johnson
South Vietnam
San Antonio
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Town and Country Players Present Light Up the Sky Comedy
Moss Hart play to be staged September 3 to 6 at Mont Chateau activities hall. Casting starts July 22 and 23 at 7 p.m. and July 24 at 2 p.m. in Morgantown Library children's reading room. Alma Bennett directs with scripts available at the Library.
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Pentagon Papers Series How US Escalated Vietnam War
A summary of The New York Times Pentagon Papers series covering pre Tonkin covert actions, Johnson era air and ground war planning, Kennedy years covert warfare approval, Diem ouster complicity, and 1965 66 troop build up with pledges of wider air operations despite warnings.
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