Amount of political difficulty. In the 19 six progress in elections, the democrats had not , butcontrol over congress lbj had lost 47 seats in the house, this was a significant setback. The war was damaging lbjs political popularity. You can see a decline across 1967. On a more fundamental level, what you see leading into 1968 as the breakup of that coalition int lbj had depended on american president ial history. Forward into 68, he could see that was a thing of the past. The coalition he had affectionately coupled together. All weekend long, we are focusing on the war in vietnam. We will focus on the state of the war in 1967. That, our guest is professor at Columbia University author of the book an International History of the war for peace in vietnam. Also, professor of history at the university of texas at austin. Author of the book, the vietnam war. For those of you in eastern and time zone, numbers to call and if you are a vietnam vet, or a protester from the era, real forward to
Lbj had lost 47 seats in the house, this was a significant setback. The war was damaging lbjs political popularity. You can see a decline across 1967. On a more fundamental level, what you see leading into 1968 as the breakup of that coalition int lbj had depended on 1964. By 1967, as lbj looks forward in 1968, he can see that was a thing of the past and the coalition he had cobbled together was fracturing. Here on American History tv, we are focusing on the war in vietnam. For the next hour and a half we are going to focus on the state of the war in 1967. To help us do that, our guests are professor lienhang nguyen, history professor at Columbia University and author of the book hanois war. Also Mark Lawrence, professor of history at the university of texas at austin and author of war ak the vietnam Concise International history. For years of you in the eastern and central time zones, call 202748ht 900 8900. If your protester, that line is 202748, lets start with lienhang nguyen. Viet
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