LBJ and the Vietnam War: The Secret Tapes of a President in Crisis

The Vietnam War came to define Lyndon Johnson's presidency, even though the path to it was laid by his predecessors. This film draws on secret White House tapes to reveal a president wrestling privately with a war that would cost tens of thousands of American lives. It captures the doubt, pressure and political calculation behind decisions made in crisis. Intimate and revealing, it shows history through the raw voice of the man at its centre. Free to watch in HD on Dr Documentary.

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