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Professor lienhang nguyen, looking back 50 years to 1967, was it still possible at that point to the u. S. To win the war in vietnam . Simple answer, no. I would definitely say no. It wasnt a war for the United States to win or lose and by 1967 it was not in the cards. Mark lawrence, take us to the end of 1967 and politically the president ial elections are happening in 1968. Whats on the horizon for Lyndon Johnson . Well lbj was in a fair amount of political difficulty. In the 1966 elections the democrats have lost not control over congress which is an important point, but he had lbj had lost...

This is an hour and a half. Professor nguyen, looking back was it possible for the u. S. To win the war in vietnam . No. It wasnt a war for the United States to win or lose and by 1967 it definitely wasnt in the cards. Take us to the end of 1967 and politically that president ial elections are happening in 1968. Whats on the horizon . Lbj was there a fair amount of difficulty. The democrats had lost not control over congress, an important point but lbj had lost 47 democratic seats in the house and two in the senate. This was a significant setback. The war was damaging lbjs political popularity...

Historians, Mark Lawrence and lien hang nguyen on the legacy of the vietnam war. This is an hour and a half. Professor nguyen, looking back was it possible for the u. S. To win the war in vietnam . No. It wasnt a war for the United States to win or lose and by 1967 it definitely wasnt in the cards. Take us to the end of 1967 and politically that president ial elections are happening in 1968. Whats on the horizon . Lbj was there a fair amount of difficulty. The democrats had lost not control over congress, an important point but lbj had lost 47 democratic seats in the house and two in the senat...

, 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 pol...

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 pr...