The Deadly Bet: LBJ, Vietnam, and the 1968 Election

by Walter F. LaFeber

Book Overview

Lyndon Johnson made a life or death bet during his Presidential term, and lost. Intent upon fighting an extended war against a determined foe, he gambled that American society could also endure a vast array of domestic reforms. The result was the turmoil of the 1968 presidential election-a crisis more severe than any since the Civil War. With thousands killed in Vietnam, hundreds dead in civil rights riots, televised chaos at the Democratic National...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742543927
• ISBN13: 9780742543928
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.5"