Word: indochina
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...event's magnitude and ambiguities--than there was reason to expect. Outside of big cities, headlines like "Red Blitz Continues" topped wire service copy. But even the wire services tried for impartiality. Nestled between headlines about orphans and columns of political jostling over whether or not the Indochina war was a "mistake," and if so by whom, lay solid chunks of information about the war's latest effects on the people of Indochina...
...overseas, he has been unable to deal with Senators and Representatives at home. A case in point was his emotional argument last week that Congress, by holding back on Administration requests for additional and relatively small amounts of military aid, was largely responsible for the worsening situ ation in Indochina. That line only exacerbated the debate and reopened old wounds...
...whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend or oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty." Even then, that stirring pledge was unrealistic, as the nation was soon to learn in Indochina. But today such a commitment would be unthinkable, and not only because of the enormous social and economic costs it would entail. Slowly at first, then more rapidly, there has been an erosion of the national consensus that made possible the costly, often creative world role that...
That erosion has never been more plain than in the current round of recriminations in Washington over Indochina and worry over the Middle East. Lashing out at what he considers a growing mood of isolationism in Congress, the President warns that the rest of the world is "losing faith in our agreements." The Secretary of Defense blames Saigon's agonies on recent "niggardly" appropriations by legislators who have voted $150 billion for South Viet Nam over the years. It is easy enough to refute such arguments as exaggerated, but they do point to a deep underlying confusion - not only...
Died. Lieut. General John W. ("Iron Mike") O'Daniel, 81, commander of one of the first American military-assistance groups in Indochina; in San Diego, Calif. O'Daniel earned his nickname after surviving a German bullet that passed through his left cheek during World War I. A scrappy, colorful officer, he rose through the ranks between wars to lead the 3rd Infantry Division against Nazi Germany, capturing Nurnberg on Hitler's birthday in 1945 and liberating Hermann Goring's outsized trousers ("That's a lot of pants," O'Daniel crowed). His militant anti-Communism...