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The Effect Of Presidential Action On Popular Support Of Foreign Policy: The Case Of Vietnam, William Hines Jr.

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Explicitly stated the hypothesis that was tested was as follows: The relationship between Presidential action and an increase in public support for the President on matters of Vietnam policy is equal to zero.

Presidential action was viewed as any major development in Policy (whether it be military or political) toward the war. Furthermore, any major speech by the President or other high governmental official reaffirming the government's course of action was posited into the category of Presidential action. In order for the speech to be considered "major" it either had to have been broadcast over nationwide television or widely disseminated …

Automated War, Derek Shearer

Derek Shearer

Focuses on the increasing automation of the United States' military operations in Vietnam. Expected improvement in the efficiency of destruction as further progress is made towards an automated battlefield; Installation of a computer network called Seek Data II in Vietnam to reduce the average time for planning day-to-day operations; Use of laser technology to pinpoint enemy movements.

Fabianism Versus Welfareism : The Movement Towards The Welfare State In The United States, Susan Lee St. Clair

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Finally in the 1880’s there emerged a reformist group which was ultimately to be the model of the viability, adaptability, effectiveness, and success of evolutionary socialism. The group called itself the Fabian Society and in the beginning it seemed to be not unlike other protest or reformist groups which were springing up all over England at the time. The difference was that this group, though always small in numbers, was to have a tremendous impact throughout England and the rest of the democratic world. To be specific, the ideas of the Fabian Socialists can clearly be seen as influencing the …

The Pentagon Watchers: Students Report On The National Security State., Derek Shearer

Derek Shearer

Papers based on research conducted by students in the summer, 1969 under the title, National Security Summer Research Project, sponsored by the Institute for Policy Studies, Washington.