Roland Arthur Paul papers, 1982-1983 (inclusive).

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Roland Arthur Paul papers, 1982-1983 (inclusive).

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The papers consist of two, unpublished manuscripts by Roland Paul. Both manuscripts are based on Paul's diaries and notes of his experiences with the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on U.S. Security Agreements, then chaired by Senator Stuart Symington and strongly influenced by Senator William Fulbright. The first, entitled "The Power of Arrogance: The Assault of the Senators on America's Military Commitments, 1969-70," was completed in 1982. It offers a Washington insider's perspective on the attitudes, circumstances, and institutional structures that would later cause U.S. foreign policy and actions in Vietnam to fail. The manuscript includes several pages from an earlier, longer draft that give Paul's personal reflections on the Vietnam War, as well as copies of letters from several scholars who reviewed the manuscript for publication. Paul's second manuscript "A Million Elephants," completed in 1983, is a shorter version of the first, written in the form of a screenplay.

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Fulbright, J. William (James William), 1905-1995

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Paul, Roland A., 1937-

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Roland Arthur Paul, Jr. was born January 19, 1937, in Memphis, Tennessee. He received his undergraduate degree from Yale University in 1958 and his LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1961. From 1962-1964 Paul worked in the Pentagon, first in the office of International Security Affairs and then as Special Assistant to the General Counsel, John McNaughton. In 1965 he joined the Council on Foreign Relations, and from 1969-1970 he served as counsel of the Senate Subcommittee on U.S. Security Agreemen...

Symington, Stuart, 1901-1988

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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations

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