Shadows of Vietnam: Lyndon Johnson's Wars
Description
From the day Lyndon Johnson stepped into the U.S. Presidency, he lived in the shadow of Vietnam. With all his skills as a hard-nosed politician, he should have been successful at waging war. Indeed, on the home front, with his War on Poverty, even in the Dominican Republic, he was successful. Yet in Vietnam he failed, in epic proportions. This is the paradox--the shadow–that frames Frank E. Vandiver's riveting examination of one of America's most fascinating and controversial presidents mired in the depths of Vietnam, our most complex and controversial war.It is still not ...
ISBN(s)
0890967474, 9780890967478
