In 1972, Nixon took a risk and responded to North Vietnamese aggression by bombing Hanoi.
Protests against the Vietnam War turned personal for President Johnson.
In 1964, American bombers in Vietnam demonstrated that LBJ was a committed anti-Communist.
President Nixon garnered approval with his "Silent Majority" speech in November 1969.
Nixon decided to use force to end the Vietnam War with "the Christmas Bombing."
Truman interpreted a North Korean attack as direct aggression from the Soviet Union.
Truman's first impression of Joseph Stalin was favorable.
As the Vietnam War escalated, more and more students at the University of Wisconsin were drawn into the demonstrations.
They stood on opposite sides of the Vietnam divide, the student opposing the war in which the infantryman fought.
It was never a big part of their business, but napalm would rapidly become the Dow Chemical Company's best-known product.
As the Vietnam War esclated, protests grew in strength, some turning violent. They also triggered backlash.
Soldiers in Vietnam and students involved in antiwar protests had expectations about what authority figures would and would not do.
