JFK, LBJ and the Paradox of Vietnam

In the 1960s US presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson made Vietnam into an American war, despite their having deep misgivings about the struggle. Harvard historian and Pulitzer Prize winning author of Embers of War considers anew one of the most consequential and trying chapters in American history.
Fredrik Logevall, Ph.D., Laurence D. Belfer Professor of International Affairs, Harvard University

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This was excellent, learned a good deal from this

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Filmed in March 2018 - reference to bad weather at the introduction.

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The information about Kennedy and Vietnam isnt really correct. I suggest looking into Dr. John M Newmans book JFK and Vietnam.
Kennedy was also pulling troops out when he was assassinated (see Natinal Security Action Memorandum 263). 1000 were to come home at the end of `63. Also the only troops authorised for combat by Kennedy were the pilots during Operation Farmgate missions, training and assisting South Vietnamese pilots.