The Lies That Led America To War In Vietnam

White House Tapes | Real History

America's involvement in the Vietnam War dramatically intensified in 1964 after the Tonkin Gulf incident, an incident in which the blame falls squarely on the Johnson administration. What would follow would be a series of misinformation and outright lies from the government to mislead the American public into supporting a war that would become increasingly harder to justify.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Himself (archive footage)

Robert McNamara

Himself (archive footage)