LBJ Library at 50: An Interview With Mark A. Lawrence

The Library's current director takes a historian's view

"...Watts, the assassination of Bobby Kennedy, and, naturally, the Vietnam War...."

Aug. 26, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Monsoon

Henry Golding proves you can go home again in this expat character piece

"...Kit, a British émigré who returns to a reunified Vietnam three or so decades after fleeing the country with..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Doesn't Recall Vietnam Protests..."

July 16, 2004 Column

Pointed Remembrances, Pointless Arguments

Letters at 3AM

"...way when Kennedy was shot, and then there was Vietnam and the Beatles and LSD and hippies and riots..."

May 9, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

The LBJ Presidential Library at 50

For five decades, the LBJ Library & Museum has been not only keeping history but also making history

"...contemporary issues, and it convened major summits on the Vietnam War, race in America, and civil rights – the..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Point Austin: Public Accuracy

Norman Solomon on a life of activism and writing

"...of the war on Iraq and the war on Vietnam: "We keep hearing that Iraq is not Vietnam. And..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Lethal Weapon

FBI's use of tear gas questioned at Branch Davidian trial.

"...were an ongoing irritant to the American military in Vietnam. In February of 1968, Gen. William Westmoreland, who commanded..."

July 7, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

An Eye for History

"...every major military conflict from World War II to Vietnam. He was on board the USS Missouri during the..."

April 23, 1999 Arts Feature by Sam Martin

It's a Mystery to Me

"...that the small press edition of this ultra-tough, autobiographical Vietnam vet/cop novel not only quickly sold out and became..."

April 23, 1999 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Kong: Skull Island

The big ape is back

"...it: “Hey, what if we do Kong as a Vietnam War movie, and have him square off against a..."

March 17, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

'There To Tell the Truth'

Seymour Hersh on journalism, politics, presidents, and war

"...stuff that he was into, and also about the [Vietnam] war. One of the responses has been – and..."

March 30, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

The Hightower Report

Hello, Vietnam!; and Fee-Brained Airlines

"...Hello, Vietnam!..."

Dec. 10, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Say What?

Archie Bell sheds light on his lyrics

"...the usually reliable AllMusic) says that Bell served in Vietnam. Not so, he says...."

Feb. 17, 2009 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Champion of the World Cinema

Chief curator Chale Nafus on the Austin Film Society's latest Essential series, South by Southeast: Films of Thailand and Vietnam

"...Cinema series. South by Southeast: Films of Thailand and Vietnam will feature six Southeast Asian films over six weeks,..."

Dec. 29, 2006 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Reason Why

"...daughters being called to war, as they were in Vietnam -- but not the sons of the rich and..."

April 11, 2003 News Feature by George McGovern

Lost at Sea and Back Again

Bill Broyles' Extraordinary Adventure Story

"...a professor. But at 24, he was drafted into Vietnam...."

Dec. 29, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Rob Reiner Goes All the Way With LBJ

Tackling the contradictions of the unexpected presidency

"...of any president, and if it were not for Vietnam, he would have been seen as one of the..."

Nov. 3, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Collateral Damage

Assessing the cost of service for minority veterans

"...The Vietnam War featured the first completely integrated military. This did..."

July 17, 2015 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

Doubling Down

In The Great Society, playwright Robert Schenkkan and his subject, LBJ, both gamble big

"...stakes with calls for "Black Power." And then there's Vietnam, the Far Eastern conflict that LBJ refuses to abandon,..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'The Nixon Tapes'

What historian Douglas Brinkley heard from the 37th President may surprise you

"...called Tour of Duty about John Kerry and the Vietnam War. And I started doing research on how Nixon..."

Aug. 8, 2014 Arts Feature by Rod Machen

The Facts Were Immaterial

The 'counterintelligence' operations of Hoover's FBI included harassment, vilification, violence – and fake 'underground' newspapers in Bloomington, D.C., and Austin

"...Columbia University student uprising, and, with protests against the Vietnam War increasing in intensity, Hoover initiated what would become..."

June 7, 2013 News Feature by Dale Brumfield

The Hightower Report

Gut-Check Time for Congress; and Betrayal on Trade by Democratic Leaders

"...has bizarrely proclaimed that this conflagration is like the Vietnam War – a comparison he spent the previous four..."

Oct. 19, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

Who We Are

The 'Chronicle' interviews Howard Zinn on war, peace, and human nature

"...has been pretty powerful in the Iraq war and Vietnam, and probably every war: the dissent from within the..."

Feb. 10, 2006 News Feature by Diana Welch

Rag Recollections

Former 'Rag' staffers remember the old days, when a Texan was in the White House and America was stuck in a quagmire war

"...Alan Pogue (1969-1977) My best friend in Vietnam was killed while I was in Tokyo on R&R...."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature

The Ballad of Joe Hill

Get up, stand up – stand up for your rights

"...a hit in 1970, at the height of the Vietnam conflict. "WAR!!! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!!..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Page Two

The manufactured debate over Kerry's war record, in light of Bush's privileged nonparticipation, is testament to Republican strategists' sound-bite brilliance

"...condensed punctuation): "John Kerry is being promoted as a Vietnam hero however would someone explain how, with only 4..."

May 21, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Burning Down the Sixties

They don't normally let dogs in the LBJ Library and Museum, but after Chronicle writer Jesse Sublett explained that he was talking about James Ellroy, the demon dog of American literature, they graciously made an exception.

"...And the white slab side Lincoln. OK, let's go. Vietnam is over there, but we can see that later...."

June 29, 2001 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...share a brief account of my visit to Saigon, Vietnam, in November. As a Vietnam vet, I've had my..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Column

Triumph Coffee House

"...of Triumph Coffee House, left the coast of South Vietnam with 28 of his countrymen in a river boat..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Food Feature

No Stone Untenured

ACTLab Director and Visionary Sandy Stone

"...in a mythical period at the end of the Vietnam War, and during the AIDS plague. It involves a..."

May 15, 1998 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

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