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Journal article; published in Nature on 1970-10-01
President Nixon did not directly order the Ohio National Guard to Kent State; the Guard was activated by Governor James Rhodes after local officials requested help amid riots . Nixon privately used di...
Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes ordered the Ohio National Guard to Kent in early May 1970 after local unrest, including downtown disturbances and the burning of the campus ROTC building; he publicly vow...
The Guardsmen’s defenses in the legal fallout from the May 4, 1970 centered on claims of self-defense — including assertions that they had been fired upon by a sniper — and on procedural and evidentia...