Five days before the 1968 presidential election, along with his statement of refusing to run for office; as President of the United States.
to increase the number of American troops and bombing campaigns in Vietnam.
Lyndon B. Johnson
By bombing North Vietnamese Navy installations in North Vietnam.
To increase the number of American troops and bombing campaigns in Vietnam. Second answer. General Westmorland did not attempt to advise US President Lyndon Johnson on methods to "Americanize:" the Vietnam War.
Opposition to the Vietnam war caused President Lyndon Johnson to halt aerial bombing of the North Vietnamese and engage in peace talks instead of escalating the war.
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Lyndon Johnson did not run for a third term largely because of opposition to the Vietnam War from his own party as well as outside.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Yes, in 1966.
Lyndon B Johnson
President Lyndon Johnson's secretary of defense, Robert McNamara made an internal suggestion that a halt or cut back in US bombing might lead to the opening of negotiations. This idea was quickly ended by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In their minds the bombing was needed to do the exact same thing.