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- Secretary of Defense appointment; hosted Inaugural Day luncheon for Johnson’s; associations with Department of Defense; inheritance of McNamara team; programs to eliminate racism in services; discrimination at bases; domestic contributions by…
- Biographical information; Naval career; Special Counsel to President Truman; formation of the Department of Defense; first association with LBJ; Taft-Hartley Act; member of the 1946 labor advisory group; 1948 campaign train; Truman’s relationship…
- Article in FOREIGN AFFAIRS; Wisemen’s meetings; no military plan for victory in Vietnam; San Antonio formula; divided opinion regarding Vietnam among cabinet members; task force to study sending additional troops to Vietnam; RFK-Sorenson…
- Abe Fortas; deterioration of Democratic Party machinery; John Bailey; prior knowledge of 3/31 announcement; Homer Thornberry; 1968 Democratic Convention; relationship with President eroded in 1968 over Vietnam; McNamara’s move to the World Bank.