Early acquaintance with LBJ; how LBJ related to the press as a senator; Alsop's interactions with LBJ; Alsop's support of LBJ in 1964 against Goldwater; Alsop's and Philip Graham's role in JFK's selection of LBJ as the vice-presidential nominee at the 1960 Democratic Convection; Philip Graham; Herman Talmadge; Alsop's writing about the Vietnam War; Bill Moyers; criticism of LBJ's approach to Vietnam; Alsop being invited to visit privately with presidents; LBJ's unpredictable nature' Robert McNamara; LBJ's faults as a leader; other journalists' coverage of Vietnam and the 1968 Tet Offensive; why LBJ got bad advice; domestic programs; Anna Chennault and the October 1968 bombing halt
Oral history transcript, Joseph Alsop, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Citation
Oral history transcript, Joseph Alsop, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-alsopj-19690528-1-04-24