General Westmoreland wanted nuclear weapons sent to South Vietnam in the event of defeat, though President Johnson swiftly ...
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How the USS Maddox Started the Vietnam War
The USS Maddox’ likely incorrect report of an attack on August 4, 1964, paved the way for a dramatic escalation of the ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Princeton University history and public affairs professor Julian Zelizer talked about the assassination of President John Kennedy, the event that led ...
On the 60th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson’s voting rights speech, we are reminded how government can address concerns with social justice.
The Vietnam War was a complex ... It was a major driving factor that pushed President Lyndon Johnson to not seek re-election in 1968, and the war generated some of the biggest protests the ...
August 1964. US President Lyndon B. Johnson has inherited an ongoing crisis in the south-east Asian nation of Vietnam from his predecessor, John F. Kennedy. The crisis involves the spreading of ...
At the beginning of the election season, President Lyndon Johnson was the front ... That was not surprising, even though Humphrey supported Johnson's Vietnam policy, as he was respected by ...