US President Lyndon B. Johnson has inherited an ongoing crisis in the south-east Asian nation of Vietnam from his predecessor ...

Lyndon B. Johnson wanted his presidency to be focused on civil rights and his domestic programs started with the “Great Society” — but the shadow of Vietnam loomed over the White House. What ...

Lyndon B. Johnson became president after JFK was assassinated. In the White House, he passed bills prohibiting discrimination, but the ongoing Vietnam War created controversy during his presidency.

Tom Paxton's 1965 song 'Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation' left a lasting impact by highlighting President Johnson's duplicity regarding the Vietnam War. The song connected with audiences through its ...

Sworn in after the assassination of JFK, Lyndon Johnson pushed progressive programs like the Civil Rights Act through Congress and won a term as president before the Vietnam War eroded his support ...

The Vietnam War was a highly controversial conflict. ... America did not outright enter the war until the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed under President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.

It was the day South Vietnam’s capital city was captured, bringing an end to the Vietnam War. ... After Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, Lyndon B. Johnson took the Oval Office.

In March 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson was nearly 40 minutes into a speech on the Vietnam War when he closed with a stunning announcement: He would not seek another term. From the Oval Office ...

The Vietnam War cast a long shadow across one of the most fertile periods of American filmmaking, and has led filmmakers for the half-century since to reckon with its complicated legacy. These 10 ...