Path to War – Entscheidung im Weißen Haus (TV Movie 2002)

Path to War – Entscheidung im Weißen Haus: Directed by John Frankenheimer. With Michael Gambon, Donald Sutherland, Alec Baldwin, Bruce McGill. In the mid 1960s, President Lyndon B. Johnson (Sir Michael Gambon) and his foreign-policy team debate the decision to withdraw from or escalate the war in Vietnam.

“…on the heels of u0026quot;The Gathering Stormu0026quot;. u0026quot;Path to Waru0026quot; begins with Lyndon B. Johnsonu0026#39;s inaugural ball and ends with his rejection of candidacy for another term. Between, unlikely Brit-cum-Texan Gambon delivers a masterful portrayal of President Johnson as a crude but sagacious politician who struggled with the demons of the Vietnam era not unlike another American president who served during an unpopular war which tore at the fabric of this country a century before. A well crafted HBO documentary which needs and takes little license with history, u0026quot;Path to Waru0026quot; will likely prove a spell-binding watch for those interested in American political history and a good historical review for anyone with an interest in the Vietnam era.”