, 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 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 cobbled together was fracturing. Here on American History tv, we are focusing on the war in vietnam. For the next hour
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 number of pieces. On American History t. V. , all weekend long, we are focusing on the war in vietnam. And for the next hour and a half, were going to focus on 1967. Ate of the war in to help us do that, our guests are professor lienhang nguyen. History professor at Columbia University and author book an International History of the war for peace in vietnam. Also, Mark Lawrence, professor of history at the university of texas at austin and author of the vietnam war, a history. Ternational wed al
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 affectionately coupled together. All weekend long, we are focusing on the war in vietnam. We will focus on the state of the war in 1967. That, our guest is professor at Columbia University author of the book an International History of the war for peace in vietnam. Also, professor of history at the university of texas at austin. Author of the book, the vietnam war. For those of you in eastern and time zone, numbers to call and if you are a vietnam vet, or a protester from the era, real forward to
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 a half we are going to focus on the state of the war in 1967. To help us do that, our guests are professor lienhang nguyen, history professor at Columbia University and author of the book hanois war. Also Mark Lawrence, professor of history at the university of texas at austin and author of war ak the vietnam Concise International history. For years of you in the eastern and central time zones, call 202748ht 900 8900. If your protester, that line is 202748, lets start with lienhang nguyen. Viet
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 cobbled together was fracturing. Here on American History tv, we are focusing on the war in vietnam. For the next hour and a half we are going to focus on the state of the war in 1967. To help us do that, our guests are professor lienhang nguyen, history professor at Columbia University and author of the book hanois war. Also mark lawrence, professor of history at the university of texas at austin and author of war ak the vietnam Concise International history. For years of you in the eastern and cen