Examine how demonstrations against the Vietnam War led President Lyndon Johnson to not seek reelection
Examine how demonstrations against the Vietnam War led President Lyndon Johnson to not seek reelection
In March 1968, with protests against the Vietnam War growing, U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson announced that he would not seek reelection that year. From Vietnam Perspective (1985), a documentary by Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation.
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Transcript
[Sound of protesters]
NARRATOR: Many Americans felt betrayed by the Johnson administration. And antiwar demonstrations erupted across the country. Even Congress began to seriously question the validity of the war and the legality of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution.
On March 31, 1968, President Johnson announced, unexpectedly, that he would not seek re-election as president of the United States. Lyndon B. Johnson, who for five years had sought a decisive military victory over communism in South Vietnam, had himself become a casualty of the TET Offensive.
NARRATOR: Many Americans felt betrayed by the Johnson administration. And antiwar demonstrations erupted across the country. Even Congress began to seriously question the validity of the war and the legality of the Tonkin Gulf Resolution.
On March 31, 1968, President Johnson announced, unexpectedly, that he would not seek re-election as president of the United States. Lyndon B. Johnson, who for five years had sought a decisive military victory over communism in South Vietnam, had himself become a casualty of the TET Offensive.