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Certainly, President Johnson does not want for critics of his war policies. What is all too often lacking, however, is criticism that meets the tests of rationality and responsibility. Galbraith, 59, a Harvard economist whose power of persuasion and talent for popularization are as noteworthy as his Brobdingnagian size (he is 6 ft. 8 in.), offers more convincingly than almost anyone else the respectable alternative that Johnson has repeatedly demanded of his attackers. He is neither a name caller nor a placard carrier. He is no Mary McCarthy, who fatuously insists that it is the intellectual's duty merely...
Galbraith unabashedly enjoys being close to the center of power. As he explains it, with a twinkle in his eye: "My father thought that we were obliged because of our enormous size to alter the world to our specifications...
...acted as their guides, in some cases donning the uniform of Viet Cong regulars. As the ancient capital of Viet Nam, Hue was a prime piece of captured real estate for propaganda purposes, and the NVA fought for every inch of it against ARVN troopers and a battalion-size force of U.S. Marines that moved in from the south...
...only large-size enemy unit still fighting, some 400 men, held its ground near the Saigon race track. Although General Westmoreland had at first acceded to South Vietnamese wishes to clear the city with ARVN troops, by week's end U.S. help was clearly needed; soldiers of the U.S. 199th Infantry Brigade were helilifted onto the racetrack turf to join the battle...
...aerie on a mountain top. Other miniature cameras are installed in skiers' helmets and on sleds to provide a kind of rumble-seat view of the courses. To coordinate the com plex operations of ABC's crew, which at 250 strong is more than twice the size of the U.S. Olympic team, the network maintains a command post that suggests that the invasion of Normandy is imminent. Day and night, the center dispatches the network's four helicopters, six roving units and 59 cars and buses...