He promised peace, but chose war.
A powerful drama of soaring ambition and shattered dreams that takes a provocative insider's look at the way the USA goes to war—as seen from inside the LBJ White House leading up to and during the Vietnam War.
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as Lyndon Johnson
DeceasedBorn: October 19, 1940
Died: September 27, 2023
Age at death: 82
as Clark Clifford
DeceasedBorn: July 17, 1935
Died: June 20, 2024
Age at death: 88
as Robert McNamara
AliveBorn: April 3, 1958
Age: 68
Amityville, New York, USA
as George Ball
AliveBorn: July 11, 1950
Age: 76
San Antonio, Texas, USA
as Richard Goodwin
AliveBorn: March 14, 1968
Age: 58
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
as Lady Bird Johnson
AliveBorn: December 9, 1962
Age: 63
Bedford, New York, USA
as Everett Dirksen
DeceasedBorn: September 10, 1931
Died: June 12, 2022
Age at death: 90
as Earle G. Wheeler
DeceasedBorn: December 23, 1936
Died: June 23, 2023
Age at death: 86
as Marny Clifford
AliveBorn: August 27, 1955
Age: 71
Savannah, Georgia, USA
as Luci Baines Johnson
AliveBorn: December 17, 1974
Age: 51
Tampa, Florida, USA
as Bill Moyers
AliveBorn: March 1, 1965
Age: 61
Denver, Colorado, USA
as William Westmoreland
AliveBorn: August 25, 1933
Age: 93
Detroit, Michigan, USA
as Dean Rusk
DeceasedBorn: November 7, 1946
Died: May 16, 2022
Age at death: 75
as Adam Yarmolinsky
AliveBorn: March 24, 1965
Age: 61
Chicago, Illinois, USA
as Walt Rostow
DeceasedBorn: April 11, 1951
Died: April 13, 2019
Age at death: 68
as CIA Briefer
AliveBorn: January 9, 1955
Age: 71
Detroit, Michigan, USA
as Duty Officer
AliveBorn: July 20, 1967
Age: 59
New York City, New York, USA
as George Wallace
AliveBorn: March 17, 1955
Age: 71
Blue Island, Illinois, USA
as McGeorge Bundy
AliveBorn: February 12, 1945
Age: 81
Los Angeles, California, USA
as Nicholas Katzenbach
AliveBorn: November 17, 1951
Age: 74
Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA
as Joseph Califano
AliveBorn: January 1, 1959
Age: 67
Michigan, USA
as John Stennis
AliveBorn: January 1, 1949
Age: 77
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
as Lynda Bird Johnson
AliveBorn: June 13, 1972
Age: 54
High Point, North Carolina, USA
as Juanita Roberts
AliveBorn: June 28, 1946
Age: 80
Washington, District of Columbia, USA