Word: vietnamize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...danger of nuclear war--long the implied ultimate threat of continued escalation in Vietnam--has taken on a chilling new air of plausibility this month...
Nuclear weapons may not come at Khesanh. But unless the course of the war changes drastically there, the danger of nuclear war in Vietnam will no longer be remote...
Other indications have been more subtle. A small Massachusetts newspaper reported that a local man, "a specialist in nuclear research," had been sent to a Marine base "near the demilitarized zone." Time said that a party of nuclear-weapons experts from Columbia had been sent to Vietnam, but added that Dean Rusk denied any connection between this group and nukes at Khesanh...
...look for Khesanh offers limited encouragement, but the prospects for long-term avoidance of nukes in Vietnam are slim. General Wheeler said two weeks ago that he "doesn't think nuclear weapons will be necessary to defend Khesanh"; but implicit in that statement is the rationale that somewhere else the military might consider them necessary. And if the battle of Khesanh does not end the war, experts see two ways that the "necessary" time could come...
...participants in Friday's demonstration, we would like to point out an inaccuracy in the CRIMSON article of Saturday, February 24. According to the article the demonstration was intended to protest the University's involvement with the war in Vietnam. However, this purpose was only one of three. The other two points were immediate withdrawal of troops from Vietnam, and for an end to the draft for an unjust war. These points were important because they focused the demonstration not only on the University, but also on other war issues which directly affect students. The demonstration, the result...