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Lyndon Johnson, Vietnam, and the presidency : the speech of March 31, 1968 /

Even those who remember hearing those words may not remember that they came at the very end of a 45-minute speech primarily concerning Vietnam. Three months into an already tumultuous year, in the aftermath of the Tet offensive and facing a deeply divided country, President Lyndon Baines Johnson add...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zarefsky, David (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2021].
Edition:First edition.
Series:Kenneth E. Montague presidential rhetoric series.
Subjects:
Johnson, Lyndon B. > (Lyndon Baines), > 1908-1973.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Participation, American > Political aspects.
Tet Offensive, 1968.
Presidents > United States > Election > 1968.
United States > Politics and government > 1963-1969.
Table of Contents:
  • Lyndon B. Johnson, "Radio and Television Address to the America People from the Oval Office"
  • The United States and Vietnam, 1945-67
  • The Tet Offensive and After
  • Designing the Speech
  • The Bombing Halt
  • The Troop Commitment
  • Withdrawal from the Race
  • The Afterlife of March 31.