Word: asia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Even the organizers of the Caucus were surprised (and elated) to find such strong and vocal opposition to U.S. policies in Asia among the 400 scholars at the meeting. The Caucus represented one third of the 1200 gathered in Philadelphia for the twentieth annual convention of the Association of Asian Studies. The Caucus, however, was held completely outside the auspices of the AAS. It was chaired by John K. Fairbank, Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and unofficial dean of Asian Studies in this country...
...audience did not agree that "Vietnam is a test case for 'Wars of National Liberation,'" 87 per cent denied that "the war helps to contain Chinese influence," and 86 per cent disagreed with the statement that "the war helps prevent the spread of communism into other areas of Asia." Fifty per cent of the audience indicated support for "an immediate U.S. withdrawal" from Vietnam, and 88 per cent voted for "gradual and unilateral U.S. troop withdrawal under the umbrella of negotiations." To the question "does escalation of the war increase prospects of war with China?" 85 per cent answered...
RARELY in American memory had hope and horror been so poignantly had fused men's within a actions - single voluntary week. and in Rarely voluntary - seemed so ineluctably inter twined. President Johnson's announce ment of a major peace offensive in Asia, coupled with his renunciation of another term, raised anticipation throughout the world that the long ag ony of Viet Nam might soon be ended...
...years later, during a tour of the ranch, he showed some friends a great tree and sadly told them: "This is the tree I expect to be buried under. When my grandchildren see this tree, I want them to think of me as the man who saved Asia and Viet Nam and who did something for the Negroes of this country. Yet I have lost popularity on Viet Nam and on the Negro question." The President's aides claim that Johnson's brooding reached "a point of crystallization" some time last fall. When General William C. Westmoreland, commander...
...might have to forgo their goal of an immediate N.L.F. takeover of the South coupled with a prompt and total end of U.S. involvement in the country's future. For its part, the U.S. would have to face up to the possibility of a new alignment in Southeast Asia in which the trend would be toward neutralization. In this framework, South Viet Nam might eventually come under the North's control...