Tag Archives: Tet 1968

The Decline and Fall of the Democratic Party – Murray Kempton (Nov. 1968)

Posted on April 9, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“… We had arrived at 18th and Michigan, where the [national] guard and the police waited to say we could not go farther. The delegates had all found us and efficiently lined up behind Rev. Richard Neuhaus and me, since, … 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 Enduring Debate Over Khe Sanh

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

Photos from Operation Pegasus, a joint U.S. and South Vietnamese push by 30,000 troops to lift the siege of Khe Sanh in 1968. “In early 1968, the siege of the remote Marine combat base at Khe Sanh dominated American news … Continue reading →

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The turning point: 1968

Posted on June 21, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

President Johnson reviews reports from Khe Sanh in the White House situation room “It was February 5, 1968, and Washington Star reporter Jack Horner had an angry President Lyndon Johnson on the phone. Johnson liked Horner and was willing to … 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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Howard Zinn

Posted on February 4, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was an American historian, playwright, and social activist. He was chair of the history and social sciences department at Spelman College, and a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote over … Continue reading →

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Ghosts of war: My journalist father’s Vietnam odyssey, revisited

Posted on February 1, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Duc Co Special Forces camp, 1965: Wounded soldiers crouch in the dust as a U.S. helicopter takes off from a clearing. This was one of many images taken by photojournalist Tim Page that chronicled the Vietnam conflict. “Chevy Chase, Md., … 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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Vietnam War – Khan Academy

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

“… In order to have a respectable understanding of the Vietnam War, we have to rewind all the way back to the late 1800s when France was colonizing Southeast Asia. And in particular, it colonized what is now Laos, Vietnam, … Continue reading →

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