Vietnam is widely considered Lyndon Johnsons tragedy, failure, betrayal, depending on your position on the political spectrum. There are two books in print, both entitled Lyndon Johnsons war and both advancing compelling, if sometimes contradictory analysis of the reasons why the series of decisions made between 1964 and 1968 that led to the official justification for escalating the vietnam war, of incidents of august 1964, the first landing of u. S. Combat troops to defend the base in march of 1965, the stepped up escalation of American Forces in country over the next few years until the total was greater than half a million men, change from a military strategy of base security to enclave strategy to what was finally and unfortunately if accurately titled, search and destroy. The shock and humiliation of the 1968 tet offensive and johnsons decision to turn down a request by general william moreland, commander in vietnam, for 200,000 more troops and johnsons decision to withdraw from t
American public for one reason. Vietnam. Johnson is the president identified with the vietnam war, although there is a famous quote from october 13, 1967 where he said to a journalist, this is not Lyndon Johnsons war. This is americas war. If i drop dead tomorrow, this war still be here. He was right. But the way it was fought has been ascribed to Lyndon Johnson. It is considered his tragedy, failure, the trail, depending on your position of the spectrum. There are two books both entitled Lyndon Johnsons war, and both advancing compelling if contradictory analyses of the reasons behind the series of decisions made between 1964 and 1868 that led to justification for escalating the war, the gulf incident of 1964, the first landing of u. S. Combat troops to defend the base in 1965, the stepped up escalation of forces in the country over the next two years until the total was greater than half a million men, the changeover from based security to enclave security, to finally what was called
Influenced johnsons desire to be seen as a strong, confident foreignpolicy president. Welcome. Todays subject is Lyndon Johnson. He is best member for one reason. Vietnam. Johnson is the president identified with the vietnam war, although there is a famous quote from october 13, 1967 where he said to a journalist, this is not Lyndon Johnsons war. This is americas war. If i drop dead tomorrow, this war. Still be here. He was right. But the way it was fought has been ascribed to Lyndon Johnson. It is considered his tragedy, failure, the trail, depending on your position of the spectrum. There are two books both entitled Lyndon Johnsons war, and both advancing compelling if contradictory analyses of the reasons behind the series of decisions made between 1964 and 1868 that led to justification for escalating the war, the gulf incident of 1964, the first landing of u. S. Combat troops to defend the base in 1965, the stepped up escalation of forces in the country over the next two years unt
Testified to war crimes committed in southeast asia. Not isolated incidents, but crimes committed on a daytoday basis with the full awareness of officers at all levels of command. As president obama nominates Vietnam Veterans john kerry and chuck hagel to cabinet posts, we will speak with nick turse, author of an explosive new book, kill anything that moves the real american war in vietnam. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama is preparing to unveil a comprehensive plan to address gun violence that is expected to include legislation tightening background checks on potential gun buyers as well as 19 separate actions obama could take using executive power. At a News Conference monday, obama confirmed he would support proposals for new assault weapons ban. He said a Task Force Led by Vice President joe biden had presented him with a list of common sense steps to prevent shootings like the one a
Committed in southeast asia. Not isolated incidents, but crimes committed on a daytoday basis with the full awareness of officers at all levels of command. As president obama nominates Vietnam Veterans john kerry and chuck hagel to cabinet posts, we will speak with nick turse, author of an explosive new book, kill anything that moves the real american war in vietnam. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama is preparing to unveil a comprehensive plan to address gun violence that is expected to include legislation tightening background checks on potential gun buyers as well as 19 separate actions obama could take using executive power. At a News Conference monday, obama confirmed he would support proposals for new assault weapons ban. He said a Task Force Led by Vice President joe biden had presented him with a list of common sense steps to prevent shootings like the one at sandy hook and element