Was Lyndon B. Johnson a warmonger?

The effort to save Lyndon Johnson “the southern liberal” from Lyndon Johnson “the war monger” started back in the 1970s. Films have undertaken a heroic effort to remind audiences of the progressive vision that shaped LBJ when he finally reached the Oval Office. read more

Johnson wasn’t a warmonger per se. He was fixated on the idea that America could not lose. It was inconceivable to him, and those around him, that a tiny country like North Vietnam had a chance against a superpower like America. read more

The Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston was renamed the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in 1973, and Texas created a legal state holiday to be observed on August 27 to mark Johnson's birthday. It is known as Lyndon Baines Johnson Day. read more

But I don’t. I have an irrational fascination with Lyndon B Johnson, the 36th president of the United States. read more