All the Way With Lbj - The 1964 Presidential Election

Informationen zum Autor Robert David Johnson earned his B.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard. He held a Fulbright Distinguished Chair in the Humanities, Tel Aviv University, for the 2007–2008 academic year. His most recent publications include Congress and the Cold War (2005); Ernest Gruening and the American Dissenting Tradition (1998); and The Peace Progressives and American Foreign Relations (1995). He is also co-author of Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case (2007); and co-editor of volumes 2, 3, 4, and 5 of The Presidential Recordings: Lyndon Johnson (2005 and 2007). Klappentext All the Way with LBJ examines the LBJ tapes, analysing the 1964 presidential campaign and the political culture of the mid-1960s. Zusammenfassung All the Way with LBJ examines the full range of LBJ tapes! analysing the 1964 presidential campaign and the political culture of the mid-1960s. The book looks at the impact of race on the political process! the question of politicians' personal and political ethics! and the tensions between politics and public policy. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Establishing an image; 2. The rise and fall of Henry Cabot Lodge; 3. The politics of backlash; 4. The Atlantic City convention; 5. The politics of frontlash; 6. Beyond 1936.

Product details

• Authors: Robert David Johnson, Robert David (Brooklyn College Johnson, Johnson Robert David
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.02.2009
• EAN: 9780521425957
• ISBN: 978-0-521-42595-7
• No. of pages: 324
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Political leaders & leadership, c 1960 to c 1970, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, c 1960 to c 1969, Elections & referenda, Political leaders and leadership, Elections and referenda / suffrage