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Marc Selverstone talked about his research into President Kennedy’s Vietnam War policies, which is partly based on previously secret White House recordings, and his conclusion that JFK was k…

The American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C., hosted a forum looking back six decades at the August 28, 1963, March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speec…

Hofstra University U.S. history professor Carolyn Eisenberg talked about the Vietnam War during the Nixon/Kissinger years. This virtual event was hosted by the Wilson Center in Washington, D…

Authors who have written acclaimed accounts of the Vietnam War talked about their work and lessons learned from the conflict. Speakers included writers Philip Caputo, Frances FitzGerald, and…

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Frederik Logevall looked at the first 39 years of John F. Kennedy’s life in the first volume of a planned two-part biography of America’s 35th President. Thi…

Edward Widmer and Fredrik Logevall reflected on President Kennedy’s legacy as the nation marked the centennial of his 1917 birth. John F. Kennedy Library Foundation Executive Director Steven…

President Lyndon Johnson talked about an upcoming summit in Latin America, a meeting with the Soviets about fishing rights, Vietnam and a threatened railroad strike. Participants included So…

Historian Fredrik Logevall spoke about U.S. Cold War strategy. Professor Logevall argued that many American leaders used alarmist and excessively militant strategies to combat communism, des…

Professor Fred Logevall talked about how policy makers use and misuse the past. He cited a number of historical analogies and how they’ve been used by contemporary policy makers, including N…

Cornell University historian Fredrik Logevall talked about the origins of the Vietnam War, which he termed America’s “least popular war.” Beginning with the 1919 Versailles Peace Conference …

The forum participants discussed their research into and experiences with the Vietnam War. They also entertained questions from the audience. Ms. FitzGerald’s latest book is Way Out Ther…