1968-The Eve of Destruction? zThe Tet Offensive-Vietnam zAmerican Attitudes on the War zEugene McCarthy- Come Clean for Gene zBobby Kennedy for President.

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1968-The Eve of Destruction? zThe Tet Offensive-Vietnam zAmerican Attitudes on the War zEugene McCarthy- Come Clean for Gene zBobby Kennedy for President zThe My Lai Massacre zAssasinations zThe Establishment Fights Back- Chicago 1968

LBJ

Tet Offensive- Jan 1968

S.E. Asia

Eugene McCarthy

Coming Clean for Gene

Robert F. Kennedy

Why Bobby decided to run?

zThe Tet Offensive

Why Bobby decided to run? zThe Tet Offensive zJohnson’s seeming rejection of the poor

Why Bobby decided to run? zThe Tet Offensive zJohnson’s seeming rejection of the poor zThe Continuing Crisis of the War

Why Bobby decided to run? zThe Tet Offensive zJohnson’s seeming rejection of the poor zThe Continuing Crisis of the War zMcCarthy’s showing in New Hampshire

Why Bobby decided to run? zThe Tet Offensive zJohnson’s seeming rejection of the poor zThe Continuing Crisis of the War zMcCarthy’s showing in New Hampshire zAnd Personal Ambition….

LBJ

The My Lai Massacre

Martin Luther King Jr.

Columbia University 1968

Hubert H. Humphrey (HHH)

RFK

Jerry Rubin/Abbie Hoffman

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