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John Bagguley and Cecil Woolf write to Merton to ask his views on the Vietnam War. He provides a brief statement in response, which was later reprinted as "Taking Sides on Vietnam" in Merton's Faith and Violence.
John Bagguley and Cecil Woolf were editors of the book Authors Take Sides on Vietnam. The book asked a range of authors to address the following questions: "Are you for, or against, the intervention of the United States in Vietnam?"; and "How, in your opinion, should the conflict in Vietnam be resolved?". Other authors in the volume included: W. H. Auden; William F. Buckley, Jr.; William S. Burroughs; Lawrence Ferlinghetti; and Allen Ginsberg. The book was modeled after Authors Take Sides on the Spanish War, published in 1937, and compiled by Nancy Cunard. Woolf and Bagguley write to Merton from London.
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1966/09/17 |
TALS[x] to Merton |
In June 1937, W. H. Auden, Louis Aragon, Stephen Spender and Nancy Cunard circulated a questionnaire |
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asking Merton to give his opinion on the war for a book entitled Authors Take Sides on Vietnam, edited by Cecil Woolf and John Bagguley, London, England
«detailed view» |
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1966/09/25 |
TL[x] from Merton |
Thanks for your invitation to write a few words on the Vietnam war. The statement is enclosed. You |
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[statement mentioned is not in this file / see "Woolf, Cecil"] / states opposition to U.S. intervention but also opposition to Communism / parallels with Spanish Civil War
«detailed view» |
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