Foreign Policy and Affairs

While the Cold War was still in full swing while Johnson was president it was downplayed by many other foriegn events. The largest event of all was the Vietnam war. This was America's longest fought war to date. Almost 3 million americans served during the veitnam war. It is estimated that 2.5 million people were killed on both sides. almost 60,000 americans were killed during their duty in the veitnam war.

The vietnam war was a huge part of Johnson's presidency. Many americans felt that we were there without reasoniable cause. Still Johnson used the Selective Service Act to draft people into the army duty. This tarnished Johnson's reputation as a president making him look as if he continued fighting a war that no one wanted.

Johnson just like Kennedy and Wilson tried to stop the spread of communism. The USSR and America were like two brothers competing for attention. They tried to race to the moon costing billions of dollars and the time and effort sacraficed by many. When one nation was successful the other nation had to outdue the other. It did help discover many practical technologies still used today. Still though we built weapons of mass destruction just to show the Soviets that we were a better nation.