The American Involvement in Vietnam
Presented by Michael Charlton Ultimately, President Johnson's view of Asia was closely related to his view of the race problem and of social reform in the United States.
(FROFESSOR WALT ROSTOW)
6: Trying to Win with LBJ
The problem of Vietnam is inherited by President Johnson. Why does he first obtain approval from Congress (following the Tonkin Gulf incident) for waging war. and subsequently bomb the north and send an expeditionary force of American combat troops to South Vietnam?
Contributions from GEORGE BALL , WILLIAM BUNDY, SENATOR FULBRIGHT, WALT ROSTOW, DEAN RUSK, GENERAL MAXWELL TAYLOR and SIR ROBERT THOMPSON.
Producer ANTHONY MONCRIEFF (First broadcast on Radio 3)