SEATO: The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization 1955 (Counterculture)
February 1955 - SEATO, The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, is formally activated,
nominally obligating the US to intervene as part of collective action in case of military
conflagration in the region. The non-binding SEATO commitment, however, is only invoked as
justification for involvement in Vietnam by future President Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) after
later escalation of hostilities there proves unpopular. In the US, President Dwight D. Eisenhower's
initial deception over the nature of the 1960 U-2 incident resulted in the government being
caught in a blatant lie at the highest levels, and contributed to a backdrop of growing distrust
of authority among many who came of age during the period. The assassination of US President
John F. Kennedy in November 1963, and the attendant theories concerning the event, led to further
diminished trust in government, including among younger people. seato
SEATO/NATO It's all Greek to me!
President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Secretary of State John Foster Dulles (1953-1959) is considered
to be the primary force behind the creation of SEATO, which expanded the concept of anti-communist
collective defense to Southeast Asia. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially
fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The north was supported by the Soviet Union,
China, and other communist states, while the south was supported by the United States and other
anti-communist allies. January 1961, US President (and retired 5-Star Army General) Dwight
Eisenhower gives his farewell address to the nation, and uses much of his time to warn of the undue
influence of the "military-industrial complex". Wanting to bring everything under military control,
the industrial complex also declares war on poverty and drugs.
Underwater atomic test "Baker", Bikini Atoll, Pacific Ocean, 1946
As the 1960s progressed, widespread social tensions also developed concerning other issues, and
tended to flow along generational lines regarding human sexuality, women's rights, traditional
modes of authority, rights of non-white people, end of racial segregation, experimentation with
psychoactive drugs, and differing interpretations of the American Dream. Many key movements
related to these issues were born or advanced within the counterculture of the 1960s. via
EU NATO BRICS SEATO is today's Cuban missile crisis..
dr. π (pi)
.
nominally obligating the US to intervene as part of collective action in case of military
conflagration in the region. The non-binding SEATO commitment, however, is only invoked as
justification for involvement in Vietnam by future President Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) after
later escalation of hostilities there proves unpopular. In the US, President Dwight D. Eisenhower's
initial deception over the nature of the 1960 U-2 incident resulted in the government being
caught in a blatant lie at the highest levels, and contributed to a backdrop of growing distrust
of authority among many who came of age during the period. The assassination of US President
John F. Kennedy in November 1963, and the attendant theories concerning the event, led to further
diminished trust in government, including among younger people. seato
SEATO/NATO It's all Greek to me!
President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Secretary of State John Foster Dulles (1953-1959) is considered
to be the primary force behind the creation of SEATO, which expanded the concept of anti-communist
collective defense to Southeast Asia. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially
fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The north was supported by the Soviet Union,
China, and other communist states, while the south was supported by the United States and other
anti-communist allies. January 1961, US President (and retired 5-Star Army General) Dwight
Eisenhower gives his farewell address to the nation, and uses much of his time to warn of the undue
influence of the "military-industrial complex". Wanting to bring everything under military control,
the industrial complex also declares war on poverty and drugs.
Underwater atomic test "Baker", Bikini Atoll, Pacific Ocean, 1946
As the 1960s progressed, widespread social tensions also developed concerning other issues, and
tended to flow along generational lines regarding human sexuality, women's rights, traditional
modes of authority, rights of non-white people, end of racial segregation, experimentation with
psychoactive drugs, and differing interpretations of the American Dream. Many key movements
related to these issues were born or advanced within the counterculture of the 1960s. via
EU NATO BRICS SEATO is today's Cuban missile crisis..
dr. π (pi)
.