Brian VanDeMark traces how and why Johnson escalated American involvement in Vietnam from the election in 1964, in which he pledged to limit involvement, until July 1965, when he committed American forces in a big way.
This book is a record of how President Lyndon Johnson escalated American participation in the Vietnam War from the election of 1964, in which Johnson pledged not to involve American troops deeply in the war, until July 1965, when he made the decision to commit American troops in a major way.
