Guns or butter : the presidency of Lyndon Johnson /

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The presidency of Lyndon Johnson was a pivotal moment in twentieth-century American history. From the decisive social programs of the Great Society, to the triumph of the Civil and Voting Rights Acts, to the catastrophe of the Vietnam War and domestic unrest, it was an era of dramatic accomplishment...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bernstein, Irving, 1916-2001
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Subjects:
Johnson, Lyndon B. > (Lyndon Baines), > 1908-1973.
Johnson, Lyndon B. > (Lyndon Baines), > 1908-1973
Johnson, Lyndon B.
1963-1969
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Présidents > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY.
Politics and government
Presidents
Politik
Presidenten.
Geschichte (1963-1969)
United States > Politics and government > 1963-1969.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1963-1969.
United States
USA
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Fifteen days
  • The tax cut
  • The civil rights act of 1964
  • The war on poverty
  • Prelude: the 1964 election
  • Medicare: the jewel in the crown
  • Breakthrough in education
  • Selma and the Voting Rights Act
  • Immigration: righting the national origins wrong
  • The environment: from conservation to pollution
  • Failure: the repeal of right-to-work
  • Unhinging the state of the union
  • Vietnam: sliding into the quagmire
  • Launching the great inflation
  • Turmoil at home
  • Updating the minimum wage and social security
  • Lyndon Johnson, patron of the arts
  • Model cities
  • The collapse of the Johnson presidency
  • Guns or butter.

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