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, professor lienhang nguyen looking back to 1960 seven, was it still possible at that point for the u. S. To win the war in vietnam . Prof. Nguyen no. It was not a war for the United States to win or lose. By 1967, it was not in the cards. Mark lawrence, take us to the end of 1967. In 1960l elections eight, what is on the horizon for Lyndon Johnson . Prof lawrence lbj was in a fair amount of political difficulty. In the 19 six progress in elections, the democrats had not , butcontrol over congre...

Over congress, but he had democraticlost 47 seats in the house and two seats in the senate. This was a significant setback. Certainly damaging. L. B. J. s political popularity, pretty steadya decline across 1967. See importantly, what you across 1967 is a kind of breakup centrist coalition that on and beenepended one ofctively in 1964, the biggest landslides in american president ial history. By 196 , he could 1967, he ofld see that was a thing the past and the coalition was fracturing into any ...

Amount of political difficulty. In the 19 six progress in elections, the democrats had not , butcontrol over congress lbj had lost 47 seats in the house, this was a significant setback. The war was damaging lbjs political popularity. You can see a decline across 1967. On a more fundamental level, what you see leading into 1968 as the breakup of that coalition int lbj had depended on american president ial history. Forward into 68, he could see that was a thing of the past. The coalition he had a...

Lbj had lost 47 seats in the house, this was a significant setback. The war was damaging lbjs political popularity. You can see a decline across 1967. On a more fundamental level, what you see leading into 1968 as the breakup of that coalition int lbj had depended on 1964. By 1967, as lbj looks forward in 1968, he can see that was a thing of the past and the coalition he had cobbled together was fracturing. Here on American History tv, we are focusing on the war in vietnam. For the next hour and...

Amount of political difficulty. In the 19 six progress in elections, the democrats had not , butcontrol over congress lbj had lost 47 seats in the house, this was a significant setback. The war was damaging lbjs political popularity. You can see a decline across 1967. On a more fundamental level, what you see leading into 1968 as the breakup of that coalition int lbj had depended on 1964. By 1967, as lbj looks forward in 1968, he can see that was a thing of the past and the coalition he had cobb...