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John Isaacs oral history interview

 Collection
Identifier: DOH-456
DOH-456

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Description

John D. Isaacs. Dartmouth Class of 1967. Oral history interview documenting his work with the United States Foreign Service during the Vietnam War. Isaacs describes his undergraduate years at Dartmouth College, including a brief enrollment with the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), and his experience as a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, including involvement in the antiwar movement. He recounts his deployment to Vietnam in 1970 and his assignment working with refugees in Binh Tuy Province, Bien Hoa, and Saigon through CORDS (Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support). Isaacs describes his later work in Washington, D.C., including his contributions to help pass the War Powers Resolution of 1973, and his work with the Indochina Resource Center. Isaacs discusses U.S. foreign policy and the country’s role in contemporary conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and with the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL).

Dates

  • 2015-08-17

Creator

Conditions Governing Use

Permission from Dartmouth College required for publication or reproduction.

Extent

4 Files (1 .wav audio file (2 hours, 25 minutes, 27 seconds); 1 .docx transcript (57 pages); 1. pdf transcript (57 pages); 1 .docx transcript word list)

Language of Materials

English

Part of the Rauner Library Archives and Manuscripts Repository

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