Bill Moyers: LBJ's Path to War (3)

Bill Moyers considers a President's decision to escalate troop levels in a military conflict. Through LBJ's taped phone conversations and his own remembrances, Bill Moyers looks at Johnson's deliberations as he stepped up America's role in Vietnam. Explore a multimedia timeline.

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There was so much that could have been accomplished...so much that could have been averted. A roomful of PHD's on his senior staff-many from the Kennedy White House- and not one can offer a clear pathway out of Vietnam. I think about this constantly...Wonder what public opinion and the general consensus on foriegn policy would have been if we had communication networks like the Internet back then?