... it raised its head had been the dominate theme since the Truman Administration. Throughout that period it was simply presumed that the goal of containment was both justifiable and practicable (Williams 432). Vietnam however, challenged that presumption. The Vietnam War had a deep impact on the United States' application of foreign policy, especially, relative to its relationship to the Russians. ... and as long as congress remained convinced that the executive branch knew best, members of Congress would acquiesce in the cold war policies of succeeding presidents. As stated by Phil Willi...

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... response to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., the nation's foremost black leader, who had been murdered by a sniper's bullet while standing on the balcony of a motel in Memphis, Tennessee. For all of the legislative activity, some blacks became impatient with the pace of progress. Malcolm X, an eloquent activist, argued for black separation from the white race. Stokely Carmichael, a student ... ...

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