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Chapter III -- Harvard, Havana and Nukes
Later in 1953, McNaughton returned to Harvard, to be an associate professor in the HarvardLawSchool, becoming a full professor in 1956. McNaughton became involved in arms control in the Fall of 1960...
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Many thanks to all who have helped. Here is an initial list of people who have assisted with advice, information and support: Chester CooperTeresa R. CunninghamDirksen Congressional Center staffDaniel...
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Chapter IV -- McNamara and McNaughton: "A Black Box”
After Kennedy’s November 22, 1963 assassination (the date of which McNaughton outlined with a thick-tipped black marker in his appointment calendar[i]), the Johnson administration appointed McNaughton...
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Chapter V -- Just Between Family and Friends
Upon his promotion to General Counsel for the Department of Defense, McNaughton resigned from Harvard and moved to a comfortable home on Lowell Street in Northwest Washington. The McNaughtons lived a...
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Chapter VI -- "Numbed"
In 1965, the initial buildup year for U.S. troop strength in Vietnam, the number of American military personnel in Vietnam increased from 23,300 to 184,300. It was also the first year of significant...
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McNaughton’s notes offered an insight into his state of mind after an April 4, 1966 meeting with a civilian official returning from Vietnam:Place (Vietnam) in unholy mess. We control next to no...
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Chapter VIII -- Not a Word of This to Anybody
In a 2003 interview, Morton Halperin recalled a rare late night conversation when McNaughton expressed his doubts about the Vietnam War. McNaughton rhetorically asked Halperin: “What right do we have...
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Chapter IX – The Irretrievable Loss of a Friend
Just after noon on July 19, 1967, the midair collision of a Piedmont Airlines jetliner and a twin engine Cessna took the lives of John and Sally McNaughton, their younger son Ted and 79 others near...
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Final Notes and Additional InformationWhen I started researching McNaughton, I had little intention of writing anything about my findings or sharing it other than perhaps in conversation with a few...
View ArticleLink to January 29, 2011 Pekin Daily Times Story on McNaughton and "Find a...
Here is a link to the Pekin Daily Times' story, printed and posted on January 29, 2011, about John T.McNaughton and this blog. Times writer Art Drake interviewed blog author Tom Paullin and John T....
View ArticleHarrison/Mosher articles on McNaughton from 1964-1967
BENJAMIN T. HARRISON and. CHRISTOPHER L. MOSHER have written two fine articles on John T. McNaughton and his thoughts and actions on the Vietnam War. Mosher writes that: “Professor Harrison and I...
View ArticleEllsberg's article in UK's Guardian website
The UK's Guardian has published an article by Daniel Ellsberg entitled "Why the Pentagon Papers matter now." In the ninth paragraph, there is a reference to McNaughton and a link to this blog. Here...
View ArticleNever Lie
Here is a McNaughton quote from the April 5, 1963 issue of Time:Before he headed up to Capitol Hill for what promised to be a rough grilling by the House Information Subcommittee on the subject of...
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November 22
McNaughton, who initially supported Adlai Stevenson in the 1960 Democratic primary campaign, grew to be very loyal to JFK after Kennedy became president. This is the page from McNaughton's personal...
View ArticleOffice of the Secretary of Defense Historical Office upcoming publication on ISA
A publication about the International Security Affairs function in the Pentagon is in the works from the OSD Historical Office. I am told that it will include a page or two on McNaughton as one of the...
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Joel Christenson in the Historical Office of the Office of the Secretary of Defense has authored this "Brief Study -- ISA Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security...
View ArticleChapter II -- Setting Sail
Born November 21, 1921 in Bicknell, Indiana, McNaughton moved with his family (circa 1926) to Pekin, Illinois where he would graduate in three years from the public high school. There he and excelled...
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Introduction
Use these links to navigate to:Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4,Chapter 5, Chapter 6,Chapter 7,Chapter 8, Chapter 9,Epilogue,AcknowledgementsPart IIn February 2003, the country was in the...
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Use These Links To Go To: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4,Chapter 5, Chapter 6,Chapter 7,Chapter 8, Chapter 9,Epilogue,AcknowledgementsThe atmosphere on the Boeing 707 carrying Assistant...
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I am looking forward to reading Aurelie Basha i Novosejt's new book about Robert McNamara. It is titled "I Made Mistakes" and is available now in Europe and is up for pre-order in the U.S. on Amazon...
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The Dirksen Congressional Center in McNaughton's hometown of Pekin, Illinois, recently posted this July 21, 1967, photo of President Johnson and Senator Everett Dirksen. This was two days after the...
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