Path to war / HBO Films presents an Avenue Pictures/Edgar J. Scherick Associates, Inc. production, a John Frankenheimer film ; producer, Guy Riedel ; writer, Daniel Giat ; director, John Frankenheimer.

Beginning after his election to the Presidency, Lyndon Johnson's dreams for "The Great Society" and his vision for civil rights in America were overshadowed by the Vietnam War. Johnson watches the nation react to the deaths of young Americans overseas.