we thought it was such a "no-winner?" The American people succumbed to the war because of Johnson's feeble cover-up explanations. For example, he stated on March 31, 1968: "The heart of our involvement in South Vietnamhas always been America's own security" (qtd. in Frazier 286). In any case, people realized what he was doing and started learning the truth. Johnson gained more powers and the death list grew longer and longer as the war progressed. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution bestowed upon President Johnson war-making powers until Vietnam had restored peace. In 1964, no one knew it, but the war would continue for about another decade. During that timeframe, people concluded that his foreign policy caused our involvement in Vietnam (Annals of America 552). The public then doubted his decisions and became impatient as he walked in circles, suspending bombings on North Vietnam, asking for negotiations, being denied, continuing the bombings, and the cycle just never seemed to end. By the time he left office, peace talks were underway, but he didn't live to see the results ("LBJ Library Online" 11). Johnson may have gained power, but at the cost of public support."As the death toll grew, so did the protests," said Michael Schuman (qtd. in Schuman 78). Protests took all different forms during the 1960s. Young men burned draft cards, there were a number of rallies in the Pentagon, and also in several other major cities. One such instance occurred on March 31, 1966, where more than 20,000 people gathered on Fifth Avenue in New York (Schuman 78). In these protests, police used tear gas and rubber pellets to disperse the crowd. Sometimes, people were killed or seriously injured and really, this only spurred more protest. The largest generation was well named- baby boomers. Because of World War II, people put off having children, so after the war, they made up for lost time. The baby boomers were, in addition to being a well-sized generation, th...
