supply that went missing and was sold on the black market ended up in the hands of the vietcong.an amazing stream of men and material there was no way anybody could keep track of where everything went. which also plays into the plot of this book. in any servicemen that was serving there could see that. the whole premise of the war was a faulty. instead of declaring war and making it a national cause that the people were behind we had a policy people only served three to 65 days inan the war zone. and as a result most were focused on cross the days off on a calendar whether than caring about winning the war. we tried to serve hot food to soldiers in the field. we had p exes, they had a golf course in saigon which also plays a part in the book. it was an insane way to fight a war. >> how we change that over the aryears and subsequent wars in e iraq war et cetera? personal in the field? >> yes i think so. the defeat in vietnam and it really was a political defeat had a profound effect on the american military. and that led to the establishment of an all professional military and the

this base is called thunder road because the vietcong are. i was blowing it up. you can always. you can always tell when something is going to happen. the white line gets up and hides in the bushes. yes, it is great to be back in vietnam and you're happy to have back. you thought there was going to be a truce, huh. that's why i'm back. i'm back. know i'm back. i'm back for suggesting. thanks for the memory. as lyndon's campaign song. we worked 2 hours for them and then did another half hour. we didn't want to leave him because we knew what they were headed back to. here we are flying the bamboo cord that flows down below one side of the mekong river and there's knock on fanone just a bow and arrow shot away here. we did our show for 500 gung ho air force pilots, crew chiefs and technicians who officially don't exist. if you think war is hell, try winging your way home with a tail full of lead from hanoi and be enlisted as a diplomatic secret. watch bergman flap. when our swinging canaries shows up in the landing pad. down. windsock buckle down. you can wait if you buckle down. i

there was a great disagreement as to how to recognize the vietcong. the hope was that this would manifest into an agreement for this could become a peace deal. took us through those that -- negotiations in 1968. >> ivan johnson understood that the domestic side of his legacy, great society and civil rights act of 1964 and voting rights act of 2nd 65. he felt comfortable about that side of his legacy. he was concerned about vietnam. the nation was tearing itself apart. the democratic party was turned itself apart. millions of americans watched on their television and living rooms in chicago that year. ivan johnson became desperate to leave office much like nixon wanted to be known as a peacemaker. either desperate to find peace in vietnam by the end of his term. to leave the successor in a better position than they might have been otherwise. i learned from records that this is my take in the book that johnson had very low expectations that peace was possible in '68. i think he was convinced by those around him, some of those you mentioned, that this is

there was a there was a great disagreement as to how to recognize the nlf, the vietcong. and so this i think the hope was that this would manifest into an agreement that could become a peace deal. but take us through those negotiating in in to mid 1968. yeah. i think lyndon johnson understood that, you know, his the domestic side of his legacy the great society, civil rights of 64 voting rights act of 65. he felt fairly comfortable about that side of his legacy as he went into retirement. it was concern about vietnam and vietnam where the nation was tearing itself apart. the democratic party was tearing itself apart. millions of americans watched on television in their living rooms at. the convention in chicago that year. and so understanding that was the weaker part of his legacy. i think johnson became desperate to leave office, much like nixon wanted to be known as a peacemaker. i think johnson was either desperate to find peace in vietnam by the end of his term, or at a minimum, if he couldn't do to leave his successor, whoever that might be in a better situation than