President Lyndon B. Johnson: Triumph to Tragedy
President Lyndon B. Johnson's triumph and tragedy
Born in poverty in Texas Hill Country, President Johnson delivered an unsurpassed series of momentous legislation, including the Voting Rights Act and Civil Rights Act. Yet by 1968 he was so toxically unpopular that he decided against running again.
Don's guest today (for the second time in a row!) is Mark Atwood Lawrence.
Mark is Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin and author of 鈥楾he Vietnam War: A Concise International History鈥�, 鈥楢ssuming the Burden: Europe and the American Commitment to War in Vietnam鈥� and 鈥楾he End of Ambition: The United States and the Third World in the Vietnam Era鈥�.
Produced by Freddy Chick. Edited by Aidan Lonergan. Senior Producer was Charlotte Long.
