Sundays at 8 00 eastern on American History tv on cspan 3. Coming up next, on American History tv, Harvard University lertcandidate luke wil talks about 19thcentury detective work in the west. He talks about why they were needed in the west, and why they worked undercover. This is about 20 minutes. Luke, when did you first decide to focus your studies on the law in the west . Graduatestarted school in colonial america, but then i was in laramie, detective papers. They were completely fascinating. I did not expect to see them. At that point, i decided to switch into detectives and wyoming, and the mountain west. Host what did you find out about these detectives that really intrigued you . Have been justes about everywhere in the 19th century west. The first one i ever saw was in a saloon, trying to talk to everyone he could. Drinks. Uying everybody they are all undercover private detective. They were salesmen, travelers, posed asse, one woman a doctor. Host why would detectives be in th
Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. Mr. President , it was just a year ago you ordered steppedup aid to vietnam. There seems to be a good deal of discouragement about the progress. Can you give us your assessment . We are putting in a major effort in vietnam. As you know we have 10 or 11 times as many advisers in there as we had a year ago. So we dont see the end of the tunnel, but i must say i dont think its darker than a year ago, in someways lighter. Early on, kennedy made a command decision, we will not allow South Vietnam to fall to the communists. In southeast, asia, communistinspired subversion was unrelenting. South vietnam looked to others for assistance in stemming North Vietnamese aggression. Going back to the Eisenhower Administration in the 50s, the country split into south and North Vietnam. You have communists in the north and so the United States is very eager to preserve the south from a communist takeover. The communist North Vietnamese believed
Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. Mr. President , it was just a year ago you ordered stepped up aid to vietnam. There seems to be a good deal of discouragement about the progress. Can you give us your assessment . We are putting in a major effort in vietnam. As you know we have 10 or 11 times as many advisers in there as we had a year ago. So we dont see the end of the tunnel, but i must say i dont think its darker than a year ago. In some ways, lighter. Early on, kennedy made a command decision, we will not allow South Vietnam to fall to the communists. In southeast, asia, communistinspired subversion was unrelenting. South vietnam looked to others for assistance in stemming North Vietnamese aggression. Going back to the Eisenhower Administration in the 50s, the country split into south and North Vietnam. You have communists in the north and so the United States is very eager to preserve the south from a communist takeover. The communist North Vietnamese believ
Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States. It was just a year ago you stepped up for vietnam. There seems to be discouragement about the progress. Can you give us your assessment . No, we are putting in a major effort in vietnam. As you know, we have 10 or 11 times as many advisors in there as we had a year ago. So we dont see the end of the tunnel, but i must say i dont think its darker than a year ago, in someways lighter. Early on, kennedy made a command decision, we will not allow South Vietnam to fall to the communists. In southeast, asia, communists inspired submersion was unrelenting. South vietnam looked to others for stemming vietnamese aggression. Going back to the Eisenhower Administration in the late 50s, the country split into south and North Vietnam. You have communists in the north so the United States is very eager to preserve the south from a communist takeover. The communist North Vietnamese believed in nationalism, uniting their country under their own
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