In this lecture, Dr. Totten argues Lyndon B. Johnson was a tragic figure, as he did more for Civil Rights than any other president since Abraham Lincoln, but instead is chiefly remembered for escalating American involvement in the Vietnam War. As the war abroad and society at home ran out of control, LBJ came under attack from right and left. At the same time, the counter-culture changed the ways many Americans lived, as they experimented with sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Combined with the gains of the Civil Rights Movement, the result was a conservative backlash, which resulted in a massive political realignment that we live with to this day.

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