ABSTRACT
Decisions were made by Johnson’s advisory group to escalate the war in Vietnam during the period from 1964 through 1967 despite strong warnings from intelligence experts within the U.S. government, leaders of the United Nations, practically all of America’s allies, and influential sectors of the American public. President Johnson’s advisory group apparently ignored until too late the mounting signs that its decisions to escalate the war were having devastating political repercussions within the United States.
