Lyndon B. Johnson, in full Lyndon Baines Johnson, also called LBJ, 36th president of the United States (1963-69). A moderate Democrat and vigorous leader in the United States Senate, Johnson was elected vice president in 1960 and acceded to the presidency in 1963 upon the assassination of Pres. John F. Kennedy. A reassessment of President Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War. This booklet is aimed primarily at students studying this controversial President and the conflict he inherited. It was a conflict that has defined and ...
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Lyndon B. Johnson, in full Lyndon Baines Johnson, also called LBJ, 36th president of the United States (1963-69). A moderate Democrat and vigorous leader in the United States Senate, Johnson was elected vice president in 1960 and acceded to the presidency in 1963 upon the assassination of Pres. John F. Kennedy. A reassessment of President Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War. This booklet is aimed primarily at students studying this controversial President and the conflict he inherited. It was a conflict that has defined and helped destroy his preside
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