1963-1969

Uses archival sources and official documentation to examine the role Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson had in the beginnings of the Vietnam war.

Reprints twenty-two notable speeches of the 1960s in which the speakers address issues of the Cold War, Cuba, communism, civil rights, the space race, the Great Society, the counterculture and student activism, and the Vietnam War.

Chronicles the events that took place within the twenty-four hours after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and discusses Lyndon B. Johnson's ascension to power.

Offers a comprehensive account of the covert paramilitary and espionage campaign the United States executed against North Vietnam from 1964 to 1972.

Uses the contents of FBI files obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.

Describes the social reform work done by President Johnson and the significant legislative accomplishments through which he hoped to help blacks and the poor of America.

Explores the Vietnam War from the perspective of the American people, and examines the escalating hostility towards the government as the war continued, as well as the treatment of returning troops.

Examines the life and political career of Lyndon B. Johnson, and explains how his foreign policy failures overrode the successes of his domestic programs.

Presents parallel accounts of what was happening on October 17-18, 1967 in Vietnam with the Black Lion battalion of the First Infantry Division, on the Madison campus of the University of Wisconsin where students were protesting against Dow Chemical, and in Washington D.C. where pressures were mounting to end the war.