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Johnson says no option but to escalate Vietnam war
In a defense of his foreign policy Lyndon B. Johnson says he faced no acceptable option but to intensify US efforts in Vietnam as the only way to counter an all-out enemy drive in Southeast Asia. He speaks of the war as the era's most frustrating crisis and reflects on regrets, including Western European unity and nuclear weapons talks.
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