This book explores how and why Vietnam loomed so large for Humphrey as vice president from 1964 through the 1968 election campaign against Richard Nixon. It assesses how Humphrey’s loyalty to Lyndon B. Johnson, who emerges as the villain of the story in many ways, would negatively affect his political ambitions. And it engages the disconnect between Humphrey’s principles and the intricate politics of his convoluted relationship with the president and his unsuccessful presidential campaign. It is a complex and frustrating narrative, the results of which would be tragic, not only for Humphrey’s presidential aspirations, but also for the war in Southeast Asia and the future of the United States.
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Andrew L. Johns. The Price of Loyalty
Introduction
The Happy (Cold) Warrior
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
The Recruiting Sergeant
“When the Gods Wish. to Punish Us . . .”
“An Acceptable Risk for Peace”
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Bibliography. Archival Collections
Published Documents
Newspapers & Periodicals
Memoirs
Secondary Sources
Index
About the Author
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“The Graveyard of Presidential Ambitions”
It’s like being naked in the middle of a blizzard with no one to even offer you a match to keep you warm: that’s the vice presidency.
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Statement, Humphrey on Indochina, April 19, 1954, 150.E.14.10F, HHHP, MHS.
