Oral History Interview with John Isaacs
Title
Oral History Interview with John Isaacs
Narrator (written)
John Isaacs
Narrator First Name
John
Narrator Last Name
Isaacs
Interviewer
Andrew Carothers
Abstract
John D. Isaacs. Dartmouth Class of 1967. Oral history interview documenting his work with the United States Foreign Service during the Vietnam War. Isaacs describes his undergraduate years at Dartmouth College, including a brief enrollment with the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), and his experience as a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, including involvement in the antiwar movement. He recounts his deployment to Vietnam in 1970 and his assignment working with refugees in Binh Tuy Province, Bien Hoa, and Saigon through CORDS (Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support). Isaacs describes his later work in Washington, D.C., including his contributions to help pass the War Powers Resolution of 1973, and his work with the Indochina Resource Center. Isaacs discusses U.S. foreign policy and the country’s role in contemporary conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, and with the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL).
Date of Interview
August 17, 2015
Subject
Dartmouth Alumni
Dartmouth History
Civil/Government Service
Protest/Antiwar Activism
Political Participation
Language
English
Rauner ID
DOH-456
Rights
CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Interview Audio Source (MP3)
//rcweb.dartmouth.edu/DDHI/histories/isaacs_john/isaacs_john.mp3
Interview Transcript Source (PDF)
//rcweb.dartmouth.edu/DDHI/histories/isaacs_john/isaacs_john_transcript_final.pdf
HTML
//rcweb.dartmouth.edu/DDHI/histories/isaacs_john/isaacs_john_transcript_final.html