Posts Tagged ‘Vietnam War’
Political events in the United States often have unintended consequences for American politics and for the country as a whole. The long-term consequences of the Panama Canal debates of the 1970s was examined by Adam Clymer, former chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times, who discussed his book, “Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch: The Panama Canal Treaties and the Rise of the Right.” Considered one of America’s engineering marvels, the Panama Canal sparked intense debates in the 1970s over the decision to turn it over to Panama. Clymer showed how the decision to give up this monument of the “American Century” stirred emotions already rubbed raw by the loss of the Vietnam War and shaped American politics for years. Jimmy Carter made the Panama Canal his first foreign-policy priority and won the battle to ratify the treaties. However, the author revealed, the issue gave Ronald Reagan a slogan that kept his 1976 candidacy alive and positioned him to win in 1980, helped elect conservative senators and create a Republican majority, and fueled the overall growth of conservatism. Clymer’s narrative illuminates many aspects of American politics during the Ford and Carter years, offers insight into the “Reagan Revolution” and highlights an overlooked turning point in American political history. Speaker Biography: Adam Clymer is author of “Edward M. Kennedy: A Biography” and co-author of “The Swing Voter in American Politics” and “Ronald Reagan: The Man, The President …
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According to The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia, a 1972 study by historian Alfred W. McCoy, Air America transported opium and heroin on behalf of Hmong leader Vang Pao. This allegation has been supported by former Laos CIA paramilitary Anthony Poshepny, former Air America pilots, and other people involved in the war. University of Georgia historian William M. Leary claims that this was done without the airline employees’ direct knowledge and that the airline itself did not trade in drugs. The allegation of drug smuggling is disputed by many sources, including covert US ground personnel who worked with the Hmong people. There are studies which refute the allegation, by Curtis Peebles and others. Peebles mentions two of the foundational sources for the allegations, McCoy’s The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia (which accused Air America of drug smuggling), and Prof. William Leary’s investigation and interview of 300 people (which concluded that there was no evidence of Air America’s involvement in drug smuggling). The Hollywood film Air America focused its anti-war message largely on depicting and expanding upon the drug smuggling allegations. The Vietnam War began in 1959 and did not end until 1975. By then, it had escalated from an insurgency in South Vietnam sponsored by the North Vietnamese government to a direct military intervention in the south by North Vietnam and the United States and its allies as well as to warfare in the surrounding countries of …
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, where he writes about business and politics, edits Hoover’s quarterly journal, the Hoover Digest, and hosts Hoover’s television program, Uncommon Knowledge. Robinson is also the author of three books: How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life; It’s My Party: A Republican’s Messy Love Affair with the GOP; and the best-selling business book Snapshots from Hell: The Making of an MB. … bush iraq opinion polls unpopular vietnam war conservative republicans gop terrorism terrorists liberals critics foratv …
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