Lbj''s 1968 - Power, Politics, and the Presidency in America''s Year of Upheaval

Examines President Lyndon Baines Johnson and his response to the year that he characterized as a 'year of a continuous nightmare'.

List of contents

1. A nation on the brink: the State of the Union Address, January 1968; 2. Those dirty bastards, are they trying to embarrass us? The Pueblo Incident, January-December 1968; 3: Tet: a very near thing, January-March 1968; 4. As a result, I will not seek re-election: the March 31, 1968 speech; 5. The days the Earth stood still: the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr, April 1968; 6. He hated him, but loved him: the assassination of Robert Kennedy, June 1968; 7. The big stumble: the Fortas Affair, June-October 1968; 8: The tanks are rolling: Czechoslovakia crushed, August 1968; 9: The perfect disaster: the democratic national convention, August 1968; 10. Is this treason?: The October surprise that wasn't, October-December 1968; 11. The last dance, January 1969; Conclusion; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Kyle Longley is the Snell Family Dean's Distinguished Professor of History and Political Science at Arizona State University. He is the author of numerous books, including In the Eagle's Shadow: The United States and Latin America (2002), Senator Albert Gore, Sr. (2004), and The Morenci Marines: A Tale of a Small Town and the Vietnam War (2015).

Summary

Drawing on an extensive trove of written and oral sources, Longley explores how President Lyndon Baines Johnson perceived the most significant events of 1968 and how he responded. He highlights many of the challenges faced by the president during this year, which LBJ characterized as a 'year of a continuous nightmare'.

Product details

• Authors: Kyle Longley, Kyle (Arizona State University) Longley, Longley Kyle
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781107193031
• ISBN: 978-1-107-19303-1
• No. of pages: 374
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; USA, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 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, Political leaders and leadership