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Who Saved the Passenger Train? The Role of Public Advocacy in Amtrak's Creation: 1958 to 1971
(2019-04-29)
It was April 28th 1965, and the ballroom of the Biltmore Hotel in New York City was filled to capacity. Outside, successful stockbrokers and other well-dressed figures walked down the sidewalk in an orderly fashion holding ...
To Win the Hearts and Minds: The Combined Action program During the Vietnam War
(2019-04-29)
On May 4, 1965, two months after the first Marines landed in Vietnam, Lyndon B. Johnson spoke at a dinner meeting with the Texas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. “So we must be ready to fight in Vietnam," he famously announced, ...