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    LBJ's Political Legacy

    A half-century after Lyndon Johnson died in 1973, his Austin, Texas, library hosted presidential scholars discussing his place in American politics. Speakers included LBJ Presidential Librar…

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    President Kennedy's Vietnam Policies

    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…

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    President Nixon & Arms Control

    Are President Nixon’s arms control efforts overlooked? Presidential scholars convened by the University of Virginia’s Miller Center reviewed his record on nuclear, biological and chemical we…

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    LBJ's White House Tapes

    The Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library, together with the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, debuted a website giving increased access to LBJ’s 650 hours of White House phone calls.…

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    Secret White House Tapes

    The University of Virginia’s Miller Center compiled and analyzed the secret White House recordings of several presidents -- including John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon. The Cen…

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    Marc Selverstone on the 60th Anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis

    University of Virginia Miller Center presidential recordings program chair Marc Selverstone discussed the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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    Secret Presidential Recordings

    Historians analyzed the secret White House tapes of Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard Nixon. This was an inside look into how presidents conducted their day-to-day b…

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    Tonkin Gulf anniversary

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    President Lyndon Johnson’s telephone calls on the Gulf of Tonkin and the Congressional resolution, which gave him the authority, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, to use milit…

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    The LBJ Tapes: Gulf of Tonkin

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    President Johnson’s August 1964 calls about the Gulf of Tonkin and Congressional resolution.

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    John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev

    The University of Virginia’s Miller Center convened scholars for a two-day conference looking at the complicated history between U.S. and Russian leaders over the last century. The discussio…

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    The LBJ Tapes: Civil Unrest

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    President Lyndon Johnson talked with advisors about violent civil rights demonstrations around the country and Congressional opposition to proposed tax increases and to more spending for the…

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    The LBJ Tapes: Vietnam Peace Proposals

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    President Lyndon Johnson discussed the war in Vietnam, including peace proposals from foreign leaders and from Senator Robert Kennedy. He also discussed an agreement with the Soviet Union ab…

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    Kennedy Vietnam Tapes

    Marc Selverstone talked about President Kennedy’s views on America’s involvement in Vietnam. 260 hours of President Kennedy’s recorded oval office conversations have been released. 25 of the…

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    Kennedy 1961 Crises in Cuba and Berlin

    Historian Alan Brinkley discussed the crises President Kennedy faced in 1961, including the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Berlin Crisis, and the lessons he learned from those events. He is th…

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    The Relationship Between Martin Luther King, Jr., and Lyndon B. Johnson

    A discussion was held exploring the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.'s private conversations and public communications, highlighting the relationship he had with President Lyndon B. Johnson.…

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    Rhetoric and Imagery of President Kennedy

    Miller Center scholars examined President Kennedy’s rhetoric, symbols, and images, as well as his collaboration with speechwriter Theodore Sorensen. Barbara Perry explored how Kennedy explai…

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