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Center examines the Alsop record. Author Edward Engberg, a fellow of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, quotes the columnist's consistently upbeat comments on the war. In 1963, Engberg points out, Alsop wrote a glowing account of the strategic-hamlet program, which was soon to collapse in shambles. "The gamble," said Alsop, "has paid off. This spring, therefore, this war was being won." The following year, he was encouraged enough by the food shortage in North Viet Nam to declare that a blockade along with "further air attacks can progressively destroy the entire military, industrial...
Imperial Manner. In Harper's, Novelist Merle Miller (Only You, Dick Darling!) concentrates on the Alsop personality. He quotes anonymous Washington sources to the effect that Alsop has become obsessed with Viet Nam. When Bobby Kennedy made a speech saying that the U.S. couldn't win in Viet Nam, Alsop, writes Miller, called the Senator's office three times to denounce him as a "traitor" to his country. To win in Viet Nam, Alsop is even willing to use what he calls "Mr. Big"-the atom bomb-Miller says. "Friends call the Alsop manner imperial," sums...
...might be expected, Alsop rolled out some of his own artillery. After the criticism was published, he dashed off a scorching letter to Harper's-though he does not plan to answer the Center. He hotly denied that he had ever called Kennedy, one of his favorite politicians, a traitor. He said that he had never referred to the atom bomb as "Mr. Big," or advocated its use anywhere. He conceded that he had been "overoptimistic" about the "timing" of events in the Viet Nam war, and promised not to get trapped into making such predictions again...