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Oral History Interviews
… and a lot of good friends were supporting it. Young Did LBJ [Lyndon B. Johnson] and Dirksen lead you down the garden … back, I went to Dulles airport and got on the plane to Vietnam, and the person seated next to me was Joe Tydings—all the way to L.A., all the way to Vietnam. Young He was going to Vietnam? Kennedy He was going …
Presidential Biographies
… in 1964, he seemed unsinkable but soon floundered amid the Vietnam War. Vietnam—perhaps the most divisive event in … nomination—he set his sights on the White House. JFK and LBJ That year, however, belonged to John Fitzgerald Kennedy. …
Presidential Biographies
… major initiative in the Lyndon Johnson presidency was the Vietnam War. By 1968, the United States had 548,000 troops in … on complicated political and military considerations. LBJ steered a middle course: The "hawks" in Congress and in …
Public Events
… Press Secretary during his presidency, gives insight into LBJ as a president and as a person. Reedy claims there will … to portray a continuation of the Kennedy administration, Vietnam, LBJ?s withdrawal from the 1968 election, his …
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… year in United States history. After increased fighting in Vietnam after January’s Tet Offensive and growing public … his party’s nomination, for the presidency. Although LBJ and the democratic establishment selected Vice President …
Public Events
… set of Johnson transcripts, which examines how LBJ launched his War on Poverty, questioned the viability of U.S. policy in Vietnam, and managed the progress of a historic civil rights …
Oral History Interviews
… at that time—and then came back and was a real hawk on the Vietnam War, very strong pro-war. He had had a very good … in the Senate or out in the country for opposition to LBJ [Lyndon Baines Johnson]—as distinct from his …
Public Events
… magnitude of the Great Society. The venture is modeled on LBJ’s War , which told the story of Johnson's ruinous entanglement in Vietnam through the same archival materials, including the …
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… US military presence in Vietnam began rapidly intensifying in 1965, as President … served its purpose, as the American electorate voted LBJ back into office in a landslide. Little did the public …
US military presence in Vietnam began rapidly intensifying in 1965, as President Johnson sought to quell North Vietnam's support of insurgents in the south
Oral History Interviews
… … Hyannis Port, Massachusetts … Kennedy discusses the Vietnam War and the lessons he learned from it. … Young This … lottery. Young You said he was nervous at the beginning, LBJ was—he didn’t know what he would be hearing. I think most …
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… The question of what to do in Vietnam was far from answered when Lyndon Johnson became … in the fields of economic policy and civil rights. But LBJ was equally committed to winning the fight against the …
The question of what to do in Vietnam was far from answered when Lyndon Johnson became president
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… resolution was a pivotal moment in the escalation of the Vietnam War. But what was the incident that provoked its … is one of several related NMCC recordings released by the LBJ Library in June 2002. [Chart originally prepared for The …
The August 1964 passage of the Tonkin Gulf resolution was a pivotal moment in the escalation of the Vietnam War. But what was the incident that provoked its passage?
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… other candidates and leaders. Finally, open opposition to LBJ’s nomination had emerged within the party, in the form of … helping us go beyond easy assumptions that division over Vietnam or fears about his political prospects forced LBJ’s …
Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 election inevitably leads to comparisons with Johnson’s withdrawal from the 1968 election.
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… US troop levels in Vietnam increased by nearly 800 percent between 1964 and … on US bases in South Vietnam the following February, LBJ sent in Marines to provide base defense. Neither these …
US troop levels in Vietnam increased by nearly 800 percent between 1964 and 1965. And more than half a million troops were in country by 1968.
Oral History Interviews
… Johnson or someone else. Whereas [Lyndon Baines Johnson] LBJ was perfectly free when he took over, and indeed all of … address these questions of destabilizers, which was a post-Vietnam environment, the tinderbox situation in the Middle …
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… years in American history began with the Tet offensive in Vietnam and ended with the election of Richard Nixon … It … McCarthy received a shocking 42 percent of the vote to LBJ's 50 percent. Senator Robert Kennedy (D-NY), a frequent …
One of the most eventful years in American history began with the Tet offensive in Vietnam and ended with the election of Richard Nixon
Oral History Interviews
… there was this reputed tension between Bobby Kennedy and LBJ [Lyndon Baines Johnson]. I’m just wondering about Edward … the war. He hadn’t been as polarizing. So in relation to LBJ. I remember the first time I met LBJ. I went with Ted to … first year, and it was just at the time of the buildup in Vietnam. The bombing had been February and the troop buildup …
Oral History Interviews
… up almost by coincidence. It was partly a product of the Vietnam War. For years there had been some support in the … Assistant Secretary with Treasury for Tax Policy in the LBJ Administration and in JFK’s [John Fitzgerald Kennedy] …
Oral History Interviews
… political careers. There is extensive discussion of the Vietnam War. The 1972 presidential campaign is discussed in … and because I knew that he was struggling with that issue, LBJ, how many kids have you killed today? and all those …
Oral History Interviews
… a—there was a big story in Paris about a peace feeler on Vietnam to Bobby. Bobby said he never heard of it, didn’t … him often, and never in flattering terms. Germany On the LBJ [Lyndon Baines Johnson] recordings, when they talk, it’s …