The organization of the Department of Defense and its relationship to the president and his advisers in decision-making; delegation of authority within the Department of Defense; comparing Clark Clifford to Robert McNamara as Secretary of Defense; the Defense Department's relationship with Congress; public perception of the Department of Defense's involvement in Vietnam; LBJ's public reputation; LBJ's 3/31/1968 speech announcing he would not seek re-election.
Oral history transcript, Paul Henry Nitze, interview 4 (IV), 1/10/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Citation
Oral history transcript, Paul Henry Nitze, interview 4 (IV), 1/10/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny), LBJ Presidential Library, accessed September 1, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-nitzep-19690110-4-74-209-d