The text authors suggest that President Johnson’s “problem” with the V

The text authors suggest that President Johnson’s “problem” with the Vietnam War was that “the style of his leadership–involved great duplicity”.

Do you agree with this assessment? State your own evaluation of President Johnson as a wartime president.

ANSWER
Johnson’s duplicitous style can be seen in his representation of the “attacks” that led to the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, his representation of his policy intentions during the 1964 Presidential Campaign, and his representation of his policy “continuity” when he altered America’s commitment to a combat role in Vietnam, in 1965.