Title Interview with James Claude Thomson, 1981 / by Richard Ellison and James C. Thomson, Jr

Published Boston, Mass. : WGBH Boston Video, 1983

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Description 1 online resource (video file (25 min.)) : sound, color Series American history in video Vietnam : a television history American history in video Summary James Claude Thomson served as an East Asia Specialist in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. He comments on a lack of expertise on Asia in the US government in the 1950s and 1960s. Thomson helped draft the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, and he recalls the process to get it passed through Congress. He discusses the effects of the Democratic Party's fear of looking soft on Communism on Vietnam, and recalls his dismay at the escalation of the war in 1965 Notes Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 5, 2012) This edition in English Subject Thomson, James Claude, 1931- -- Interviews SUBJECT Thomson, James Claude, 1931- fast (OCoLC)fst00063886 Subject Politics and government. SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 1961-1963. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140469 United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140470 Subject United States. Genre/Form interviews. Interviews. Nonfiction television programs. Interviews. Nonfiction television programs. Interviews. Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction. Form Streaming video Author Ellison, Richard, producer Thomson, James Claude, 1931- interviewee (expression), speaker.

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