professor lien-hang nguyen, looking back 50 years to 1967, was it still possible at that point to the u.s. to win the war in vietnam? simple answer, no. i would definitely say no. it wasn t a war for the united states to win or lose and by 1967 it was not in the cards. mark lawrence, take us to the end of 1967 and politically the presidential elections are happening in 1968. what s on the horizon for lyndon johnson? well lbj was in a fair amount of political difficulty. in the 1966 elections the democrats have lost not control over congress which is an important point, but he had lbj had lost 47 democratic seats in the house and two seats in the senate. this was a significant setback. the war was certainly damages his political popularity and you could see a decline across 1967. more importantly what you see across 1967 and leading into 1968 is a breakup of that coalition that lbj depended on and been so effectively in 1964 to one of the biggest landslides in amer
this is an hour and a half. professor nguyen, looking back was it possible for the u.s. to win the war in vietnam? no. it wasn t a war for the united states to win or lose and by 1967 it definitely wasn t in the cards. take us to the end of 1967 and politically that presidential elections are happening in 1968. what s on the horizon? lbj was there a fair amount of difficulty. the democrats had lost not control over congress, an important point but lbj had lost 47 democratic seats in the house and two in the senate. this was a significant setback. the war was damaging lbj s political popularity. i think what you see is a kind of breakup of that centrist coalition lbj had depended on and ridden so effectively in 1964 to one of the biggest landslides in american presidential history. you could see it was a thing of the past and that the coalition he had so effectively cobbled together was fracturing into any number of pieces. here on american history tv all weekend l
historians, mark lawrence and lien hang nguyen on the legacy of the vietnam war. this is an hour and a half. professor nguyen, looking back was it possible for the u.s. to win the war in vietnam? no. it wasn t a war for the united states to win or lose and by 1967 it definitely wasn t in the cards. take us to the end of 1967 and politically that presidential elections are happening in 1968. what s on the horizon? lbj was there a fair amount of difficulty. the democrats had lost not control over congress, an important point but lbj had lost 47 democratic seats in the house and two in the senate. this was a significant setback. the war was damaging lbj s political popularity. i think what you see is a kind of breakup of that centrist coalition lbj had depended on and ridden so effectively in 1964 to one of the biggest landslides in american presidential history. you could see it was a thing of the past and that the coalition he had so effectively cobbled together was
eric, i spoke with a close friend of robert orlando and his boss at the part help time job, both remembering him as a kind and caring young man always with a smile on his face. very carefree. he is gone too soon. the mourn began with an announcement. and a moment of silence for a senior who never made it to the first day of school. 17-year-old robert orlando was killed last night when the car he was a passenger in ran off the drive in danville and crashed into a tree and through a against and died at the hospital. i went to the lake with him and a few family friends with his and.he was so funny and he lit up a room. he was so cool. three was a bus boy and pizza maker at a pizza company. his manager, too upset to go on camera said he was the most reliable employees, a great kid, loved by everyone, always smiling. the survivors are seniors at san ramon valley high school. the driver and other passenger are being treated for broken ribs and a broken leg. the cause of t
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