1. 1968: A Year of Crisis
The third change in liberalism was represented by post war liberals who focused their energies on the struggle against international communism. The liberalists were highly concerned with overcoming the potential threat of communism. ... Johnson wanted to seek a rapprochement with the Soviet Union, and end the conflict by means of a peaceful settlement with communism, which eventually depreciated his credibility. ... I believe that his presidency will be defined by the contradictions of political liberalism which he used to better the country for a short time. ...
In an eleven day visit from visit from Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev he challenged the merits of communism versus capitalism in one of his famous debates with Russian leader. ... "It was brilliant, daring, and diplomatic stroke, perhaps the boldest of the twentieth century and undoubtedly would have been the defining acts of his presidency were it not for Watergate" (Ragone 225). ...
The Vietnamese War, as defined to me in the New Standard Encyclopedia, was " an undeclared war for the control of South Vietnam, starting in 1957 and ending in 1975." ... The United States feared that Communism would spread, and President Eisenhower's Domino Theory was born. ...