March 5, 1974 - Speaker Robert Jay Lifton talks about similarities of between Watergate and the Vietnam Mi Lai Massacre. He talks about the American lens of idealism and cynicism, the mindset that America must remain the strongest country in the world. A counter insurgency reaction, the Democratic party is seen in alliance with protestors. He talks about the Vietnamization of America engaging in atrocities and coverups. The pattern represents desperate last ditch efforts to maintain a faltering cosmology around an American version of nationalism.
January 24, 1974 - Psychiatrist and author Robert Jay Lifton speaking at Nobel Conference X: The Quest for Peace held at Gustavus Adolphus College. Lifton's speech was titled “Survival and Transformation: From War to Peace.”