Tag: richard wallace
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Advise and Dissent: The Short, Controversial Life of the DAC

In the 1950, Democratic liberals were frustrated by conservative Congressional leaders and the ever-popular Ike. So they founded the Democratic Advisory Council to make their voices heard. Was it a success or a failure… or both?
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Never Get Involved in a Land War in Asia: Kefauver and the Formosa Crisis

Estes Kefauver died before America got heavily involved in the Vietnam War. But we can envision how he would have reacted based on his reaction to another Asian conflict: the Formosa crisis of 1955.