LBJ and Vietnam: In the Eye of the Storm

President Lyndon Johnson struggles with the country's involvement in Vietnam War.

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The Vietnam War brought America to its knees, at the cost of 58,000 American lives. It was a course chartered by Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy, but it quickly became known as Lyndon Johnson’s war. In a 2-hour intimate and revealing account of the torment and doubt LBJ faced, we hear newly released phone conversations and discussions secretly recorded by Johnson. It’s the agonizing story of a leader left to carry on an unwanted conflict in what would become an unwanted legacy.

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