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Vor 5 Tagen · Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th U.S. president, who championed civil rights and the ‘Great Society’ but unsuccessfully oversaw the Vietnam War. A moderate Democrat and vigorous leader in the Senate, he was elected vice president in 1960 and acceded to the presidency in 1963 upon the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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Vor 2 Tagen · McNamara offered Johnson a way out of Vietnam in May; the administration could declare its objective in the war—South Vietnam's self-determination—was being achieved and the upcoming September elections in South Vietnam would provide the chance for a coalition government. The United States could reasonably expect that country to ...
Vor 2 Tagen · As more time passes and passions around Vietnam fade, Johnson‘s case for being considered the greatest president on domestic issues since FDR, if not before, only seems to grow. For all his flaws, he proved himself to be a colossus of 20th century American history. FDR was the greatest US President of the 20th Century.
Vor 3 Tagen · He and Kennedy dispatched American military advisers to South Vietnam, and by the time Johnson took office, there were 16,700 American military personnel in South Vietnam. Despite some misgivings, Johnson ultimately came to support escalation of the U.S. role in Vietnam. [215]
13. Mai 2024 · Lyndon B. Johnson, The Great Society Speech, May 22, 1964 Johnson on Vietnam, 1965 "LBJ speaks to cartoonists at White House, wants to prevent "Chinese domination over all Asia" - pictures of peaceful Vietnam - LBJ speaks (partial newsreel)."
15. Mai 2024 · In March 1968, Johnson decided that the size of the U.S. effort in Vietnam had grown as large as could be justified. Prompted by a request from Westmoreland and JCS Chairman General Earle G. Wheeler for 206,000 more men, the president asked his new secretary of defense, Clark Clifford, for a thorough policy review.
