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Media and the Administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson

war because he already knew that once a troop commitment had been made - no matter how small - it would become difficult not to be...

Private and Public Lives of Lyndon Johnson

In eight pages Lyndon Johnson is examined in a consideration of the texts Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream by Doris Kearns Go...

Wartime US Presidents

authority in this area. While they are technically supposed to get Congressional approval to declare war, the facts show that over...

Into the Quagmire Lyndon Johnson and the Escalation of the Vietnam War by Brian VanDeMark

have since described as "pointless." Summary of "Into the Quagmire" In his introduction to the book, VanDeMark writes: "Vietnam ...

Gold Standard and President Lyndon B. Johnson

that in a permeable political system, namely, one in which information is able to filter through to the elite, then any important ...

Update on LBJ's 'War on Poverty'

economy (Grier and Jonsson, 2004). These days, some of the programs continue - one of them being Medicare (Grier and Jonsso...

Lyndon B. Johnson and Senator Richard Russell

whole, Johnson followed other advisers more closely than he did Russell. Russells advice, like the situation itself, was frequentl...

Analyzing LBJ's March 31, 1968 Televised Speech

search for peace was going on, North Vietnam rushed their preparations for a savage assault on the people, the government, and the...

Robert Caro's Years of Lyndon Johnson

The road to power Lyndon Johnson traveled is examined in this analysis of the thesis presented by Robert Caro in Years of Lyndon J...

Presidents Lyndon Baines Johnson and Andrew Johnson

years after they left office, and at the time, there were no living presidents (Perry, 2003). Perry (2003) remarks: "Presidents An...

New Deal of FDR and its Importance

done created a stellar U.S. economy and a great deal of productivity. Of course, many of the measures were meant as temporary fixe...

Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson's Domestic Policies

first State of the Union, Kennedy remarked: "We take office in the wake of seven months of recession, three and one-half years of ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson's Role in the Perpetuation of the War in Vietnam

In seven pages the Vietnam War is examined within the context of LBJ's role in its perpetuation and military escalation and the im...

LBJ and Clinton More Than Decades Apart

are pervaded with a sense of innocence violated" (pp. 6). In fact, in a pre-release review presented in The New Republic, Lane com...

Twilight of the Presidency by George Reedy

power because he placed himself above the law in authorizing the Watergate break-in. The tapes from the Nixon White House show a m...

Vietnam War and Individual Actions

the accomplishments of the American military forces were tremendous, in fact the Viet Cong were destroyed after the Tet offensive ...

Economics and Lasting Influences of U.S. Presidents

the second of what would become fairly regular Fireside Chats, FDR (1933) went directly to the American people via radio to outlin...

Post 1960 Public Speaking Changes

It is an acknowledged fact that conversational styles and communication skills vary between cultures and genders (Nelton, 1995). ...

Great Society of President Lyndon Baines Johnson

In five pages this paper discusses the ambitious 'Great Society' domestic agenda of President Lyndon Johnson in an assessment of t...

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

In sixteen pages JFK's life and actual accomplishments are separated from the myth with comparisons drawn with other Presidents be...

LBJ and His Foreign Policy by Alan Schwartz

the Vietnam debacle, and, consequently overlook Johnsons achievements in Europe, which Schwartz feels "deserve consideration as on...

Civil Rights, the Supreme Court, and the Administrations of Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon

which Brown was grounded rested "solely on the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution" (1977, p. 306). Warren also points out t...

LBJ's Style of Leadership

Johnson entered hesitantly, he won the race (2003). During World War II, Johnson briefly did a stint in the Navy but returned to...

A History of Blacks in America From the Oppression of Slavery to the Civil Rights' Movement

direction that this country would ultimately take. They were also critical elements in determining the ultimate fate of the Afric...

U.S. Constitution and the Rights of States

In six pages this paper discusses the Constitution's awarding of states' rights but how the Civil War, Franklin D. Roosevelt's New...

Positive Perspective on the Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson

Thanks to his experience and his resolve he was able to stand up valiantly even in the face of many negatives. Prior...

Logical Vietnam Argument Perspectives

precede reason, and the waste of war, the works of peace. We wish that this were not so. But we must deal with the world as it i...

Foreign Policies of Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan: Fighting Communism at the Expense of Freedom

us against them mentality that usually enabled the President to secure public support for any military action presented as promoti...

Economic Policies of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson

In five pages LBJ's economic policies are examined in a discussion of government economic action, spending, the federal budget, an...

Thirty Sixth U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson

is tenacious. Although it may be largely a leadership characteristic in politics, there is also the sense of the showman, or a to...