Word: vietnams
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...weeks ago I would have said that was real hope that a civilian leadership could be brought into power and could reach a modus operandi with the National Liberation Front; that they could set upadministrative procedures whereby the country could be shared until such time as a full South Vietnam government could be elected...
...this stage the one real answer is for the United States to recognize that the war it has tried to fight has been lost. It is neither winning militarily nor is it coming anywhere close to winning the hearts and minds of the people of Vietnam. Facing this, America has to be tough enough to withdraw from Vietnam as speedily as possible, leaving behind the civilian population of that country to work out their own destiny
...these days of the "credibility gap" and "overkill" in Vietnam, a sort of ancient parallel in the battle of Marathon, as so brilliantly described by Professor N.G.L. Hammond of Bristol University on Tuesday, may be instructive. The sources are exclusively Greek, and they report the battle as an over-whelming victory of a small force over an enormous enemy army. The sympathies of all readers are well conditioned. The meticulous and detailed analysis of Professor Hammond uncovered a flaw in the onesided Classical presentation of the battle. The Ionian Greeks in the army of the Persians secretly informed their cousins...
YESTERDAY'S sit-in at University Hall was not a sensational event and probably will not prove sensationally effective. Wisely ignoring the Dow recruiter two blocks away, the 200 protesters did make their point--that they not only deplore the Vietnam war but also reject the notion that the University can remain neutral to the war effort. It is hard to tell whether anyone listened, but the SDS-led protest was serious and cohesive and may accelerate the SFAC debate on recruitment policy and lead to more productive war protest efforts like the draft resistance union being organized here next...
...serious candidate--Henry R. Norr '68--said Shaw refused to talk until Norr argued that the University justified recruiting on the basis of free speech. When Norr asked Shaw his opinion of the morality of the Vietnam war, the recruiter replied that it was "irrelevant...