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Interview with George W. Ball, 1981 / by Richard Ellison and George W. Ball.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Vietnam : a television history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ball, George W--Interviews.
- Ball, George W.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction films.
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (60 min.).
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, Mass. : WGBH Boston Video, 1983.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- George W. Ball served in the State Department under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, and later as Ambassador to the United Nations. He describes the early Johnson Administration as a period of "œdrift" when the US was becoming increasingly involved in Vietnam, a trend Ball opposed in numerous memos and meetings. Ball discusses his role as the voice of dissent within the Johnson administration, arguing that they learn from mistakes previously committed by the French in Vietnam. He recalls Johnson as a sympathetic and intelligent man who wanted to end the war but could not afford to lose it.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 5, 2012).
- OCLC:
- 827297771
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