Interviewer
Richard C. Smoot and Robert Franklin Maddox
Files
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Description
In OH64-208, Senator John Sherman Cooper discusses his childhood, his education, community life, his political career, his legal career as a circuit judge, running for governor of Kentucky, his military career during World War II, the Marshall Plan, Congress, NATO, the United Nations, Communism, the Vietnam War, and serving as Ambassador to East Germany. He also discusses various political figures including Alban Barkley, Happy Chandler, chief Justice Frederick Vinson, Harry Truman, Joseph McCarthy, Dwight Eisenhower, Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy (and his assassination), and Barry Goldwater.
In OH64-208A, Cooper discusses the Vietnam War in depth. The interview also includes sections on President Eisenhower, World War II, President Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Johnson, senator Fulbright and other member of Congress, and President Nixon.
Publication Date
1-1-1979
Type
Text
Keywords
Vietnam War, national politics
Disciplines
Appalachian Studies | Oral History | Social History
Comments
Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-208.
Rights
Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by the content creator, author, artist or other entity, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the copyright owner.
Recommended Citation
Marshall University Special Collections, OH64-208 and 208A, Huntington, WV.
Library of Congress Subjects
Cooper, John Sherman 1901-1991 -- Autobiography., Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Oral histories., Chandler, Happy 1898-1991., McCarthy, Joseph 1908-1957., Politics -- Kentucky -- Oral histories., Politics and government -- Oral histories., Marshall Plan -- Oral histories., North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Oral histories., Communism -- Oral histories., United Nations -- Oral histories.