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Ashmead, Carlijn Billie Theresia (2018)

U.S. Public Opinion and Johnson’s Decisions

Bachelor thesis | International Studies (BA)

This thesis has been done on the research question: what influence did U.S. public opinion have on the decisions made by the Johnson administration regarding U.S. foreign policy in Vietnam during and shortly after the Tet offensive (January 31, 1968 – March 31, 1968)? This research has been done through a literature analysis, including official documents. After this analysis, it became clear that the public did have an influence on the decisions to not send more troops to Vietnam, since it was mentioned many times in the official documents. However, this has been an indirect influence on state officials, who subsequently, chose to not send more troops to Vietnam, after the TET offensive.

U.S. Politics

Vietnam War

Public Opinion

L.B. Johnson

TET Offensive

Author

Ashmead, Carlijn Billie Theresia

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

International Studies

Supervisors

Foulon, Michiel

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en