"Reporter's View: 'Not LBJ's War'" by Saville R. Davis, The Christian Science Monitor, January 3, 1969

The article argues that President Lyndon B. Johnson was not the one who started the Vietnam War; instead, he inherited it from earlier presidents who had already committed the U.S. to supporting South Vietnam. It explains that Johnson expanded America’s role because he believed backing out would hurt U.S. credibility and allow communism to spread.