There is a famous quote from 1960, in which johnson says to the journalist, saying this is not Lyndon Johnsons war, is americas war. If id drop that tomorrow, this war will still be here. He was right in a way, he was out of office, the work continued. The manner in which the war was fought and led vietnam is widely considered Lyndon Johnsons, failure, depending on the position of the left right political spectrum. There are two books out named Lyndon Johnsons war, talking about the series of decisions made between 1964 and 68, that led to the official justification the incidents of august 1964, the first landing of u. S. Combat troops to protect the base in 1965, the drastically escalation of American Forces in the country for next few years, after the total was half 1 million men. The change of strategy a basic unity, to enclave strategy, which is finally unfortunately accurately called search and destroy. The shocking humiliation of the 1968 offensive, and johnsons decision to turn
Author jeff, you opened your recent book with this quote from Rick Perlstein the historian. Crosscutting motives and narratives the complexity that defies storybook simplicity that is usually the way history happens. I think it is the most cogent ive ever heard. Rick does a tremendous job himself, and its true no historic event happens in vacuum. Its tied to many other things and that is the fascination in research and writing on the narrative nonfiction history. To read a quote from you as well and this is from 2021 in the cleburnene times review a lt of people no longer want to buy nonfiction to learn things. They want nonfiction bks to reflect what they already believe, books to reinforce their opinions. They want books that tell them everything they believe is absolutely right and that the other side is even worse than they thought. If you take a look at the bestseller list for nonfiction for the last several years, theres three categories generally represented. The first books by
Scene of the terror in san bernardino. Those divers heading into a lake. These images coming in of that dive team. The fbi, tents set up there, dredging the bottom of the lake. Its believed the killers, that husband and wife, might have been at that lake or in the area after the shooting. Divers going into the water, searching for any evidence. Its believed they are post by looking for any digital divisons. Our team on the scene of that search right now and abcs matt gutman, leading us off. Reporter tonight, divers dredging the bottom of this pond is for possible evidence linked to the terrorist couple, sigh yad syed farook and tashfeen malik. We did have a lead that the subjects came into this area. Reporter those divers seem to be focused on an area between those rocks and about a stones throw to the water near where those buoys are. Crisscrossing back and forth for hours. Hoping to salvage perhaps a all of this happening just miles away from the site of that rampage. While much of t
Jessica rae coming up this morning on abc9 news. Well have the latest developments on the mass shooting in San Bernardino. Including plans for a new terror alert system. Jessica rae siouxlanders will soon see a price rise in how much they pay for garbage pick up. How much will it rise . The answer is coming up. Jessica rae plus. Weight watchers is undergoing a complete overhaul. With a new logo, app, and a new face of the company. These stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Jessica rae as the investigation into the attack in San Bernardino continues. Homeland security chief jay johnson says a new terror alert system is on the way. Abcs karin caifa has the very latest. With terror threats on the minds of security secretary jeh johnson says he will roll out a new terror alert system, in the coming days. sec. Jeh johnson, department of Homeland Security i believe that we need to do a better job of informing the public at large at what we are seeing, removing some of the mystery abo
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