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Author/Creator:Paul, Roland A., 1937-
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Title:Roland Arthur Paul papers, 1982-1983 (inclusive).
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Physical Description:.5 linear ft.
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Links:View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid
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Notes:Gift of Roland A. Paul, 1985.
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Access and use:The collection is open for research. Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Additional information is provided in the finding aid.
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Biographical / Historical note:Roland Arthur Paul, Jr. was born January 19, 1937, in Memphis, Tennessee. He received his undergraduate degree from Yale University in 1958 and his LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1961. From 1962-1964 Paul worked in the Pentagon, first in the office of International Security Affairs and then as Special Assistant to the General Counsel, John McNaughton. In 1965 he joined the Council on Foreign Relations, and from 1969-1970 he served as counsel of the Senate Subcommittee on U.S. Security Agreements and Commitments Abroad. In 1973 Rutgers University Press published Paul's first book, American Military Commitments Abroad, which details the international scene during the late 1960s. Paul began private legal practice in the early 1970s.
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Summary:The papers consist of two, unpublished manuscripts by Roland Paul. Both manuscripts are based on Paul's diaries and notes of his experiences with the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on U.S. Security Agreements, then chaired by Senator Stuart Symington and strongly influenced by Senator William Fulbright. The first, entitled "The Power of Arrogance: The Assault of the Senators on America's Military Commitments, 1969-70," was completed in 1982. It offers a Washington insider's perspective on the attitudes, circumstances, and institutional structures that would later cause U.S. foreign policy and actions in Vietnam to fail. The manuscript includes several pages from an earlier, longer draft that give Paul's personal reflections on the Vietnam War, as well as copies of letters from several scholars who reviewed the manuscript for publication. Paul's second manuscript "A Million Elephants," completed in 1983, is a shorter version of the first, written in the form of a screenplay.
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Indexes/Finding aids:Finding aid available in the repository and on the Internet.
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Cite as:Roland Arthur Paul Papers (MS 1417). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
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Subjects:Fulbright, J. William (James William), 1905-1995.
Paul, Roland A., 1937-
Symington, Stuart, 1901-1988.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations.
International relations--1950-1980.
National security--United States--History--20th century.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.
Asia--Foreign relations--United States.
Europe--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--1945-1953.
United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
United States--Foreign relations--1989-
United States--Foreign relations--Asia.
United States--Foreign relations--Europe.
United States--Military policy.
United States--Military relations--Asia.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1953.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
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Occupation:Lawyers.
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