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… Reviewing the logic behind the blockade of Cuba, President Kennedy instructed his advisers, including …

… had given after winning a US Senate seat from New York, President Johnson complained that Kennedy had failed to … Bill Moyers and McGeorge “Mac” Bundy sought to still the President’s pique. …

'That’s What the Democratic Party’s For'

… During the 1964 Democratic National Convention, President Johnson was so despondent over the Mississippi … Hubert H. Humphrey Jr. and United Automobile Workers president Walter P. Reuther. …

Turning 'Tax-Eaters' into 'Taxpayers'

… and just over three months before the Election of 1964, President Johnson spoke with House Appropriations Committee … enabling legislation for Johnson's War on Poverty. The President explained that his approach would …

'You Both Went to the Same Country?'

… In the wake of the aborted coup against South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm, President Kennedy dispatched a fact-finding team to evaluate …

'Our Friendship Was Never Severed'

… On the night of 31 March 1968, President Johnson stunned the nation by announcing that “I … the nomination of my party for another term as your president.” Later that evening, Johnson took a poignant call …

'I’m Not Lying About That One'

… Longhorns win the Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Day 1964, President Johnson talked football, family, and drinking with … Jr. [D–Georgia]. Celebrating alongside the President at the LBJ Ranch, Lady Bird Johnson and A. …

'They’re Just Not Right Very Often'

… Cabot Lodge Jr. as the new U.S. ambassador in Saigon, President Kennedy critiqued the American press in Vietnam. He … might need to withdraw its support for South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm. This exchange with Roger Hilsman Jr. …

'My Congratulations and My Sympathy'

… accepted the 1968 Republican presidential nomination, President Johnson called to congratulate him and to invite …

'I’m Aching All Over'

… a massage and waiting for polls to close on Election Day, President Johnson spoke with his running mate, Senator Hubert …

'We Weren’t Killing Dominicans

… aid request for Vietnam and the Dominican Republic, President Johnson said that he had intervened in the latter …

'Don’t Make the Government Fall'

… brief reporters about the pacification program in Vietnam, President Johnson noted Walter Rostow’s recent observation …

'That Wasn’t What Killed Kennedy'

… mate Senator Hubert H. Humphrey Jr. [DFL–Minnesota], President Johnson outlined the security risks of the campaign …

'We Can Pass Medicare'

… Shortly after the 1964 election, President Johnson and House Majority Leader Carl B. Albert …

'Our National Honor’s at Stake'

… Long before President Johnson sent the first American ground troops to …

'Get Them Out Ourselves'

… Having blockaded Cuba two days earlier, President Kennedy now attempted to force the removal of the …

'They’re Trying to Pressure You'

… After President Johnson mentioned a protest at his ranch by a group …

'It’s Starting to Break Down'

… and, when that proved inadequate to the challenge, asked President Johnson for American troops. …

LBJ, King, and the Watts Revolt

… uprising in the Watts section of the city. King informed President Johnson that the city's mayor and police chief …

A 'Three-Prong Approach' to Medicare

… President Johnson discussed the administration's Medicare …