Currently, watching a series on PBS about LBJ and many of the interviews detail a President Johnson who was much more interested in his Great Society than in fighting a War in Vietnam. They detail a man more interested in a War on Poverty than a war against a poor Southeast Asian country. But most people interviewed believe that the President was trapped, and that there were no good options. I do not know how true this is, but it is tragic none-the-less.
On the economic front it is also quite clear that Vietnam diverted the funds that would have been used for the Great Society. There is often partisan debate about the short and long term effects of the Johnson years on the economy, just from the video the results are not clear to me. More to come ...
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