1996, ISBN: 9780195063127

US: Oxford University Press, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The presidency of Lyndon Johnson was a pivotal moment in twentieth-century American history. From the decisive social … Mehr…

US: Oxford University Press, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The presidency of Lyndon Johnson was a pivotal moment in twentieth-century American history. From the decisive social programs of the Great Society, t o the triumph of the Civil and Voting Rights Acts, to the catastrophe of th e Vietnam War and domestic unrest, it was an era of dramatic accomplishment and wrenching tragedy. In Guns or Butter, renowned historian Irving Bernst ein brings those five climactic years of the sixties vividly to life, from the moment Lee Harvey Oswald aimed a rifle from the window of the Texas Sch ool Depository to the tense ballot-counting that put Richard Nixon in the W hite House in 1968. Bernstein's book is a narrative masterpiece, filled with sharply drawn character sketches and swiftly moving accounts of events that range from deals cut in the Senate cloakroom, to police charging after protesters on the streets of Selma, to Vietcong commandos bursting into the American embassy in Saigon. We see Johnson ordering aides Bill Moyers and Richard Goodwin to strip and join him for a skinny-dip in the White House pool, where they formulate the Great Society. And we see a tired, distracted president pacing in his bathrobe around a table model of the besieged Khe Sanh garrison, examining aerial photographs and casualty reports. Equally important, Bernstein offers a deft assessment of Johnson's successes and failures, from his legislative programs to his futile pursuit of the war in Vietnam to his failure to boost Hubert Humphrey's presidential campaign in 1968. The author not only retells the maneuvering that brought the president's plans into law, he also analyzes and explains their impact, from the Votin., Oxford University Press, 1996, 3<

1996, ISBN: 0195063120

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[EAN: 9780195063127], Gebraucht, [SC: 4.06], [PU: Oxford University Press], BERNSTEIN IRVING GUNS OR BUTTER? PRESIDENCY OF LYNDON JOHNSON, A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration., Books<

1996, ISBN: 9780195063127

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1996, ISBN: 0195063120

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1996, ISBN: 0195063120

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