Benjamin T Harrison
Biographic Data
| ID | 772930 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin T Harrison |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin T |
| FAMILY NAME | Harrison |
| SIGNATURE | HARRISON B T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Louisville |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Secret Diary of McNamara's Dove
Journal Article The Secret Diary of McNamara's Dove: The Long-Lost Story of John T. McNaughton's Opposition to the Vietnam War Get access Benjamin T. Harrison, Benjamin T. Harrison Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Christopher L. Mosher Christopher L. Mosher Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Diplomatic History, Volume 35, Issue 3, June 2011, Pages 505–534, https://doi.o…
John T. McNaughton and Vietnam
John T. McNaughton is one of the least understood of the major American officials involved in formulating US policy towards the Vietnam War. This article uses a newly discovered journal by McNaughton as well as his private papers to examine the reasons for his opposition to the Vietnam War and to suggest that his perceived image as a ‘hawk’ is inaccurate
Woodrow Wilson and Nicaragua
Much has been written about Woodrow Wilson and Latin America, but little attention has been paid to his policy with Nicaragua. What scholars have ignored is the attitude toward businessmen not only by a deeply religious Wilson but also by a strongly skeptical public in the Progressive Era. After all, progressive reform was largely in response to the economic corruptionand greedy opportunism of the previous Gilded Age. What the Wilson administrati…
Impact of the Vietnam war on the civil rights movement in the Midsixties
The Vietnam War had a major impact on the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The war helped to split the struggle for social justice at the very time that it was achieving its greatest successes. The factionalism over whether or not to support the war decimated the crusade for human equality
Roots of the Anti‐Vietnam war movement
The anti‐war movement of the 1960s against the Vietnam war has its roots in the collective experiences of the two world wars and the Great Depression. Parents of the worst period of scarcity in U.S. history gave birth to children raised during the most affluent age the country has ever known. Two world wars opened the doors of employment for blacks and women only to have those doors close shortly thereafter. Disillusionment over the results of th…
Recent Writing on Nicaragua
Open admissions does not kill colleges
Theodore L. Gross, dean of humanities at City College of New York, would have us believe that open admissions killed his institution.1 A program which came to life during the close of the turbulent sixties now faces a sharp attack in the reactionary seventies. It is tragic that programs of reform such as open admissions should depend on political and economic climates for their existence. Nonetheless, it is most important to look objectively at o…
Impact of the Vietnam war on the civil rights movement in the Midsixties
The Vietnam War had a major impact on the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The war helped to split the struggle for social justice at the very time that it was achieving its greatest successes. The factionalism over whether or not to support the war decimated the crusade for human equality
John T. McNaughton and Vietnam
John T. McNaughton is one of the least understood of the major American officials involved in formulating US policy towards the Vietnam War. This article uses a newly discovered journal by McNaughton as well as his private papers to examine the reasons for his opposition to the Vietnam War and to suggest that his perceived image as a ‘hawk’ is inaccurate
Open admissions does not kill colleges
Theodore L. Gross, dean of humanities at City College of New York, would have us believe that open admissions killed his institution.1 A program which came to life during the close of the turbulent sixties now faces a sharp attack in the reactionary seventies. It is tragic that programs of reform such as open admissions should depend on political and economic climates for their existence. Nonetheless, it is most important to look objectively at o…
Recent Writing on Nicaragua
Roots of the Anti‐Vietnam war movement
The anti‐war movement of the 1960s against the Vietnam war has its roots in the collective experiences of the two world wars and the Great Depression. Parents of the worst period of scarcity in U.S. history gave birth to children raised during the most affluent age the country has ever known. Two world wars opened the doors of employment for blacks and women only to have those doors close shortly thereafter. Disillusionment over the results of th…
Impact of the Vietnam war on the civil rights movement in the Midsixties
The Vietnam War had a major impact on the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The war helped to split the struggle for social justice at the very time that it was achieving its greatest successes. The factionalism over whether or not to support the war decimated the crusade for human equality
Woodrow Wilson and Nicaragua
Much has been written about Woodrow Wilson and Latin America, but little attention has been paid to his policy with Nicaragua. What scholars have ignored is the attitude toward businessmen not only by a deeply religious Wilson but also by a strongly skeptical public in the Progressive Era. After all, progressive reform was largely in response to the economic corruptionand greedy opportunism of the previous Gilded Age. What the Wilson administrati…
John T. McNaughton and Vietnam
John T. McNaughton is one of the least understood of the major American officials involved in formulating US policy towards the Vietnam War. This article uses a newly discovered journal by McNaughton as well as his private papers to examine the reasons for his opposition to the Vietnam War and to suggest that his perceived image as a ‘hawk’ is inaccurate
The Secret Diary of McNamara's Dove
Journal Article The Secret Diary of McNamara's Dove: The Long-Lost Story of John T. McNaughton's Opposition to the Vietnam War Get access Benjamin T. Harrison, Benjamin T. Harrison Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Christopher L. Mosher Christopher L. Mosher Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Diplomatic History, Volume 35, Issue 3, June 2011, Pages 505–534, https://doi.o…
Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · History (4 works) · History (4 works) · Vietnam War (4 works) · Spanish Civil War (3 works) · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (3 works) · American Political and Social Dynamics (2 works)