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

ISBN-13: 9781316643471 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 374 str.

Kyle Longley

Opis

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'.

Recenzje

'Kyle Longley's impressive, well-researched book brings new insight to the political and diplomatic events of 1968 … Longley's book, in addition to its being a fine work of history, provides a template through which to better understand our own times.' Robert David Johnson, Congress & the Presidency

Spis treści

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.