All the Way with LBJ: The 1964 Presidential Election

ISBN-13: 9780521425957 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 326 str.

Robert David Johnson

Opis

All the Way with LBJ mines an extraordinarily rich but underutilized source the full range of LBJ tapes to analyze the 1964 presidential campaign and the political culture of the mid-1960s. The president achieved a smashing victory over a divided Republican Party, which initially considered Henry Cabot Lodge II, then U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam, before nominating Barry Goldwater, who used many of the themes that later worked for Republicans a Southern strategy, portraying the Democrats as soft on defense, raising issues such as crime and personal ethics. Johnson countered with what he called a frontlash strategy, appealing to moderate and liberal GOP suburbanites, but he failed to create a new, permanent Democratic majority for the post civil rights era. The work s themes the impact of race on the political process, the question of politicians personal and political ethics, and the tensions between politics and public policy continue to resonate."

Recenzje

'All the Way with LBJ is political history at its best. Race, religion, reform, and the looming conflict in Vietnam comprise the setting for the 1964 election, but the star is Robert Johnson's LBJ vividly portrayed here in all his brilliance and paranoia.' Randall Woods, University of Arkansas

Spis treści

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.