TABLE OF CONTENTS
| FOREWORD | iii |
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| PREFACE | v |
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| TABLE OF CONTENTS | xiii |
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| LIST OF FIGURES | xvii |
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| EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | EX-1 to EX-9 |
| 1. | SUPPORT FOR THE WAR | Page |
| A. | Introduction | 1-1 |
| B. | Historical Context for Assessing Public Support for Vietnam War Policies | 1-5 |
1. World War II |
1-5 |
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2. Korean War |
1-7 |
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| C. | Public Support for the Vietnam War Policies | 1-11 |
| D. | Trends in Support of and Opposition to the Vietnam War Among Subgroups of the US Population | 1-15 |
1. Youth |
1-16 |
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2. Intellectuals |
1-19 |
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3. Blacks |
1-21 |
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4. Labor |
1-22 |
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| E. | Analytical Summary - Insights | 1-23 |
| F. | Lessons | 1-25 |
| 2. | CHANGING SOCIETY | |
| A. | Introduction | 2-1 |
| B. | Social Change in Post-World War II America | 2-2 |
| C. | The Vietnam War and American Society | 2-6 |
1. Blacks |
2-6 |
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2. Youth |
2-9 |
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3. Intellectuals |
2-15 |
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4. Labor |
2-19 |
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| D. | Assessment of the Antiwar Movement | 2-23 |
| E. | The Military in American Society | 2-29 |
1. The Traditional Relationship |
2-30 |
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2. World War I |
2-31 |
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3. World War II |
2-33 |
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4. Korea |
2-34 |
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5. The Impact of Vietnam |
2-34 |
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| F. | Insights | 2-35 |
| G. | Lessons | 2-36 |
| 3. | THE MEDIA AND THE VIETNAM WAR | |
| A. | Introduction | 3-1 |
| B. | Changing Media in a Changing Society | 3-3 |
1. Technological Changes |
3-3 |
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2. The Media as a Business/Corporate Concentration |
3-5 |
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3. News Presentation |
3-7 |
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| C. | Government-Media Relations | 3-8 |
1. Kennedy Administration Media Relations |
3-9 |
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2. The Johnson Administration |
3-13 |
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3. Nixon Administration Media Relations |
3-18 |
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| D. | Impact of Media Coverage on the War | 3-22 |
| E. | he Question of Censorship | 3-26 |
| F. | The Media and the Military Services | 3-27 |
| G. | Analytical Summary and Insights | 3-29 |
| H. | Lessons | 3-32 |
| 4. | US ECONOMY AND THE VIETNAM WAR | |
| A. | Introduction | 4-1 |
| B. | The US Economy Prior to 1961 | 4-3 |
1. An Overview |
4-3 |
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2. Anti-Inflation Policies During World War II and the Korean War |
4-7 |
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| C. | The Kennedy Years | 4-9 |
1. The Development of Tax-Cut Legislation, 1962-64 |
4-9 |
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2. Kennedy's Economic Program and US Involvement in Vietnam |
4-11 |
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| D. | Johnson Administration Economic Policies and the Vietnam War | 4-14 |
1. Escalation in Vietnam: Guns, Butter, and Inflation |
4-14 |
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2. The Decline of the US International Economic Position |
4-17 |
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| E. | Nixon Administration Economic Policies and the Vietnam War | 4-23 |
1. An Overview, 1968-1972 |
4-23 |
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2. Nixon's Economic Program and US Withdrawal from Vietnam |
4-27 |
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| F. | Insights | 4-27 |
| G. | Lessons | 4-30 |
| 5. | DOMESTIC POLITICAL FACTORS INFLUENCING VIETNAM WAR DECISION MAKING | |
| A. | Introduction | 5-1 |
| B. | Presidential Politics | 5-2 |
1. The Kennedy Administration |
5-2 |
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2. The Johnson Administration |
5-5 |
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3. The Nixon Administration |
5-11 |
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4. The Ford Administration |
5-14 |
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| C. | Congress in Foreign Policy Decision Making | 5-16 |
1. Introduction |
5-16 |
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2. Bipartisan Foreign Policy and Isolation of Congress |
5-16 |
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3. Congress, the President, and the Vietnam War |
5-18 |
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4. An Era of Congressional Restriction of the Presidency |
5-21 |
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| D. | Authority for War | 5-22 |
1. Introduction |
5-22 |
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2. Review of Precedents for Broadening Presidential War-Making Powers |
5-24 |
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3. Presidential Authority for War - The Case of Vietnam |
5-27 |
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4. Precedents and Authority for War |
5-30 |
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| E. | Summary Analysis and Insights | 5-32 |
| F. | Lessons | 5-36 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | BB-1 to BB-21 |