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President Johnson's War On Poverty : Rhetoric and History /

Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4 In January 1964, in his first State of the Union address, President Lyndon Johnson announced a declaration of "unconditional war" on poverty. By the end of the year the Economic Opportunity Act became law. The War on Poverty illustrates the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Zarefsky, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, 1986.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Chronology
  • Rhetoric and public policy: the force of symbolic choice
  • Inception: the war is declared
  • Rhetorical crisis: the transformation of the military objective
  • Rhetorical crisis: the transformation of the enemy
  • Rhetorical crisis: the transformation of weapons and tactics
  • Consummation: the stalemated war
  • The impasse of the liberal argument.