Tag: Johnson
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How the U.S. Supported the 1964 Brazilian Military Coup
The 1964 Brazilian coup d’état was a series of events in Brazil from March 31 to April 1 that led to the overthrow of President João Goulart (Jango) by members of the Brazilian Armed Forces. Goulart took office with full powers in 1963, and during his rule several problems in Brazilian politics became evident, as…
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Cloaking the U.S. Invasion of the Dominican Republic with Legitimacy
Hi, In my spare time, I like to skim U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian site and you should too. Our leaders have always been very open about their intentions. There’s not need for conspiracy theories when there’s a written record for all to read. I do find it very strange that the U.S. has…
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Timeline of U.S. Presidential Foreign Policy Doctrines
Hi, I’d like to review U.S. presidential doctrines throughout history. I think it important to understand just how consistent and unbashfully public American leaders have been about their quest for empire. Monroe Doctrine (1823) The Monroe Doctrine was expressed during President Monroe’s seventh annual message to Congress, December 2, 1823. The statement articulated United States’ policy on the…
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Pentagon Papers – Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and U.S. War Aims
Hi. I promise, this should be my last article on the Pentagon Papers. I wanted to make note of something which I found to be very interesting. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was a joint resolution that the United States Congress passed on August 7, 1964, in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident. It…
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Pentagon Papers – The True Reason for the Vietnam War
Memo from Secretary of Defense McNamara to President JohnsonNovember 3, 1965Subject: Courses of Action in Vietnam Section 1. US strategy: “The February decision to bomb North Vietnam and the July approval of Phase I deployments make sense only if they are in support of a long-run United States policy to contain Communist China. China—like Germany…
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The Eagle and the Lion: The Tragedy of American-Iranian Relations
James Bill has written a most valuable and trenchant critique of U.S. foreign policy toward Iran in the Pahlavi and post-Pahlavi periods. The author has based his study on a great array of sources, including declassified U.S. government documents (plus those “declassified” by the student hostage takers at the U.S. embassy after their assault in November 1979); personal letters and memoranda; interviews with key…