Category Archives: Henry Kissinger

My First Antiwar Protest

Posted on April 24, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Vietnam War protesters in the Sheep Meadow of Central Park in April 1967. “Fifty years ago this spring, on April 15, 1967, a cold, damp Saturday morning, I walked from a friend’s apartment on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, … Continue reading →

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Henry Kissinger and the Vietnam War

Posted on November 30, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“American diplomat Henry Kissinger (1923–2023) played an important and controversial role in the Vietnam War. Starting out as a supporter, Kissinger came to see it as a drag on American power. In 1968, Kissinger leaked information about the status of the peace talks in … Continue reading →

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Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked the Pentagon Papers, Is Dead at 92

Posted on June 16, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers to the press, surrenders at the U.S. Courthouse in Boston on June 28, 1971, accompanied by his wife at the time, Patricia. “Daniel Ellsberg, a military analyst who after experiencing a sobbing antiwar … Continue reading →

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Blood On His Hands: Henry Kissinger

Posted on May 26, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

May 23 2023: “TA SOUS, Cambodia — At the end of a dusty path snaking through rice paddies lives a woman who survived multiple U.S. airstrikes as a child. Round-faced and just over 5 feet tall in plastic sandals, Meas … Continue reading →

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The Price of Power: Kissinger, Nixon, and Chile – Seymour M. Hersh

Posted on December 31, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“… Admiral [Rembrandt] Robinson was the liaison officer between the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the National Security Council, and his office was a sensitive one: the White House’s most highly classified documents, including intelligence materials, routinely flowed through it. … Continue reading →

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‘We’re Going to Publish’ An Oral History of the Pentagon Papers

Posted on June 10, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“On Oct. 1, 1969, Daniel Ellsberg walked out of the RAND Corporation offices, where he worked as a Defense Department consultant, into the temperate evening air of Santa Monica, Calif. In his briefcase was part of a classified government study … Continue reading →

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Nixon’s Vietnam Treachery

Posted on May 26, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

United States President Richard M. Nixon with President Thieu in Saigon on his first visit to South Vietnam, August 1969. “Richard M. Nixon always denied it: to David Frost, to historians and to Lyndon B. Johnson, who had the strongest … Continue reading →

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Direct Action: Protest and the Reinvention of American – L. A. Kauffman

Posted on April 21, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“In 1971, the People Didn’t Just March on Washington — They Shut It Down. The largest and most audacious direct action in US history is also among the least remembered, a protest that has slipped into deep historical obscurity. It was … Continue reading →

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Vietnam War Photos That Made a Difference

Posted on January 15, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“A group of people are huddled together in a jungle clearing, some with arms reaching toward a light from above. At first glance, perhaps an allegorical painting from the age of da Vinci. But on closer examination, it’s a black … Continue reading →

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Echoes of 1969 – Harvard University and the Vietnam War

Posted on December 23, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Shortly before noon on April 9, student demonstrators convened in front of Memorial Church before heading to University Hall to read their demands. … “In the late 1960s, American society seemed in crisis. The Tet Offensive that began in January … Continue reading →

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The Secret War That Transformed the CIA

Posted on December 1, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

American helicopters land at Khe Sanh base, on the Laos border on February 1, 1971. “If you work at it, you can make a case that Americans fought on the right side in Vietnam. There is an argument — not … Continue reading →

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Decent interval

Posted on September 24, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Henry Kissinger and President Richard Nixon discussing the Vietnam situation in Camp David, 1972. “Decent interval is a theory regarding the end of the Vietnam War which argues that from 1971 or 1972, the Nixon Administration abandoned the goal of … Continue reading →

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I Survived Vietnam. Will I Survive This Pandemic?

Posted on May 10, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Servicemen lined up at Tan Son Nhut Airfield, in South Vietnam, during services for American killed in action in 1962. “SARNANO, Italy — A very long time ago, I was one of more than two million American men and women … Continue reading →

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What Was the Vietnam War About?

Posted on January 16, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

A group of South Vietnamese army soldiers and an American soldier with two captured Vietcong suspects, in Plaines des Joncs, South Vietnam. “Was America’s war in Vietnam a noble struggle against Communist aggression, a tragic intervention in a civil conflict, … Continue reading →

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The Fantasy World of US Empire

Posted on December 7, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

American helicopters hover above armed U.S. soldiers, preparing to lift them from combat back to their base in Tay Ninh. “In US social memory, the Vietnam War is typically imagined to have been a civil war between two sides: South … Continue reading →

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Hearts and Minds (Vietnam)

Posted on September 28, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Hearts and Minds (Vietnam) or winning hearts and minds refers to the strategy and programs used by the governments of Vietnam and the United States during the Vietnam War to win the popular support of the Vietnamese people and to … Continue reading →

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Vietnam, Vietnam – Pete Hamill (April 1985)

Posted on September 9, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Sometimes, in odd places, it all comes back. You are walking a summer beach, stepping around oiled bodies, hearing only the steady growl of the sea. Suddenly, from over the horizon, you hear the phwuk-phwuk-phwuk of rotor blades and for … Continue reading →

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Nixon White House tapes

Posted on July 14, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Nixon White House tapes are audio recordings of conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and Nixon administration officials, Nixon family members, and White House staff, produced between 1971 and 1973.  In February 1971, a sound-activated taping system was installed … Continue reading →

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The Vietnam War Was Already Lost, but I Had to Go Anyway

Posted on July 12, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Incoming troops at the Bien Hoa Air Base near Saigon. June 1969 “In the summer of 1969, the first American troops were withdrawn from Vietnam. Their war was over, but mine was just beginning. The previous November, Richard M. Nixon … Continue reading →

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Why Vietnam Was Unwinnable

Posted on May 30, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

An American paratrooper sergeant shouts orders to his squad as they charge brushline while subject to sniper fire in Vietnam on June 1, 1965. “While I was working for the Pentagon in the early 2000s, wounded veterans from Iraq and … Continue reading →

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Nixon and the Pentagon Papers

Posted on April 26, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

The cover of a Pentagon Papers volume “In early 1967, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara was struggling with a mounting sense of frustration over the Vietnam War. Questioning the decision-making process that had led to such deep US involvement, … Continue reading →

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The CIA has nothing on Noam Chomsky (no, really)

Posted on April 23, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“This month, a two-year-long investigation into CIA records on Noam Chomsky concluded with a surprising result: Despite a half-century of brazen anti-war activism and countless overseas speaking engagements, the Central Intelligence Agency has no file on the legendary MIT professor. … Continue reading →

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Credibility gap

Posted on January 28, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Credibility gap is a term that came into wide use with journalism, political and public discourse in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. At the time, it was most frequently used to describe public skepticism about the Lyndon … Continue reading →

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GI Junkies: The Forgotten Veterans – Richard Kotuk (1971)

Posted on November 17, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

GI Junkies: The Forgotten Veterans “In the summer of 1971, when United States involvement in the Vietnam war was near its peak, Richard Nixon’s government commissioned a research project. The Pentagon knew that, confronted by the trauma of losing a … Continue reading →

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Revolutionary monument to CIA’s fall in Laos

Posted on November 2, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Air America helicopters land on top of Phou Pha Thi mountain during the US’ ‘secret war’ in Laos. “Half a century after North Vietnamese sappers scaled sheer 200-meter cliffs in the dead of night to overrun a strategic US Air … Continue reading →

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Military–Industrial Complex

Posted on September 30, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The military–industrial complex (MIC) is an informal alliance between a nation’s military and the defense industry that supplies it, seen together as a vested interest which influences public policy. A driving factor behind this relationship between the government and defense-minded … Continue reading →

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Kissinger and Nixon in the White House – Seymour M. Hersh

Posted on September 22, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“I. The Wiretaps. Roger Morris quickly won Henry A. Kissinger’s trust in the early months of the Nixon presidency. Not only was he a good friend of Lawrence S. Eagleburger, who had emerged, after Colonel Alexander M. Haig, Jr., as … Continue reading →

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CIA activities in Laos

Posted on September 4, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Vietnamese soldiers in Laos “CIA activities in Laos started in the 1950s. In 1959, U.S. Special Forces began to train some Laotian soldiers in unconventional warfare techniques as early as the fall of 1959 under the code name Erawan. Under … Continue reading →

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Did the news media, led by Walter Cronkite, lose the war in Vietnam?

Posted on August 22, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite went to Vietnam to provide viewers with an assessment of the war’s progress. His one-hour special report aired on Feb. 27, 1968. “Until 1968, Walter Cronkite believed what his government told him about the Vietnam … Continue reading →

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‘Random Murder, Rape, and Pillage’: A US Soldier Describes 1968 in Vietnam

Posted on August 10, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Richard Brummett was born into a family of true believers—in Jesus, in war, and in a particular idea of America. He spent his youth at odds with, and trying to live up to, his father, a combat veteran of World … Continue reading →

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Everybody Is Crying About Vietnam – Vietnam War Blues

Posted on August 1, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“On today’s program we spotlight blues and gospel songs dealing with the Vietnam war. All of the research for this show comes from two Guido Van Rijn books: President Johnson’s Blues and The Nixon and Ford Blues with some of the songs … Continue reading →

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The Vietnam War Is Over. The Bombs Remain.

Posted on July 10, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Bombs, Agent Orange and the Lethal Legacy of Bombs in Quang Tri “Shading my eyes from the bright sun, I stared into the bomb crater amid the verdant rice paddies. While it had been nearly 50 years since the last … Continue reading →

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Võ Nguyên Giáp

Posted on May 29, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Võ Nguyên Giáp (Vietnamese: [vɔ̌ˀ ŋʷīən zǎːp]; 25 August 1911 – 4 October 2013) was a Vietnamese general in the Vietnam People’s Army and a politician. Võ Nguyên Giáp is considered one of the greatest military strategists of the 20th century. … Continue reading →

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Vietnam Veterans Against the War

Posted on May 25, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Some 25 members of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) picketed the federal courthouse in Denver Monday.” They were protesting indictments against six southern members charged with conspiracy to disrupt the Republican National Convention. July 16, 1972 “Vietnam Veterans … Continue reading →

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A Most Violent Year

Posted on May 22, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“It was neither the best nor the worst of times. But in contrast to the relative placidity of the 1950s, the events of 1968 opened up previously unimaginable vistas to people all across the globe. ‘We knew about the Paris … Continue reading →

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Laotian Civil War

Posted on April 30, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Laos became drawn into the Vietnam War primarily because the North Vietnamese began moving men and supplies through Laos as part of the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The photograph was dated March 18, 1970. “The Laotian Civil War (1953–75) was … Continue reading →

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The First Televised War

Posted on April 7, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Ronald Steinman’s press card, 1972. “I arrived in Saigon in mid-April 1966 as the new NBC bureau chief. My job, simply defined, was to supply NBC News with an endless story of the war. I understood there would be no … Continue reading →

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Vietnam War Hearing: John Kerry Testimony – Vietnam Veterans Against the War (1971)

Posted on March 16, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“I would like to talk on behalf of all those veterans and say that several months ago in Detroit we had an investigation at which over 150 honorably discharged, and many very highly decorated, veterans testified to war crimes committed … Continue reading →

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What Went Wrong in Vietnam – New Yorker

Posted on February 27, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

In Lansdale’s counter-insurgency approach, soldiers were fighters but also salesmen. (Audio) “For almost thirty years, by means financial, military, and diplomatic, the United States tried to prevent Vietnam from becoming a Communist state. Millions died in that struggle. By the … Continue reading →

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Cambodian Civil War

Posted on February 24, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Cambodian Civil War (Khmer: សង្គ្រាមស៊ីវិលកម្ពុជា) was a military conflict that pitted the forces of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (known as the Khmer Rouge) and their allies the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and the Viet Cong against … Continue reading →

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