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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742543919
• ISBN13: 9780742543911
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"