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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...