Oral history interview with Leo Cherne, 1961

Biographical Note

Economist, political analyst

Scope and Contents

Childhood and education, New York City; New York Law School; the Depression and rise of leftist movements; Research Institute of America; figures and policies of Dwight D. Eisenhower Administration; 1960 presidential campaign; International Rescue Committee in Germany, Hungary, Vietnam; United States policy toward Vietnam; Cuba under Fidel Castro. Impressions of Senator Joseph McCarthy, President Ngo Dinh Diem, General Douglas MacArthur, Dr. Tom Dooley

Subjects

• Auerbach, Jerold S., interviewer.
• Cherne, Leo, 1912-1999--Interviews.
• Cuba--History--1959-1990.
• Depressions--1929--United States.
• Economists--United States--Interviews.
• Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
• International Rescue Committee.
• Interviews.
• New York Law School.
• Oral histories.
• Political refugees.
• Presidents--United States--Election--1960.
• Research Institute of America, inc.
• United States--Politics and government--1953-1961.
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975.