On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:16:46 -0600 "Carl G. Estabrook" <galliher at illinois.edu> wrote:
> Johnson continued Kennedy's policies (which were, essentially,
> Eisenhower's polices)
This is very unfair to Eisenhower. IIRC the size of the military establishment and military budget actually shrank during his reign, and I can't recall any wars that he started.
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Not really; Ike ordered the assassination of Lumumba several times. He made an agreement at Geneva then proceeded to violate it, thus being the actual launcher of the Vietnam War. (He also urged the French to use nuclear weapons at Diem Bien Phu; the French refused the offer. His worry about the military/industrial complex was a separate issue from his foreign and military policies. He landed troops in Lebanon. In general he confirmed and expanded even Truman's launching of the Cold War. I don't think there is any 20th-c president who can be excused, except maybe Harding.
Carrol
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