Lyndon B. Johnson and American Liberalism: A Brief Biography with Documents

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Schulman (history, Boston U.) offers a brief roundup of the major events of Johnson's career, emphasizing his role as the pivotal figure in the rise and fall of liberalism in postwar US. Among the 15 supporting documents are his speeches, assessments of his achievements by contemporaries and later scholars, and a chronology. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.


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Lyndon B. Johnson and American Liberalism provides a brief yet comprehensive treatment of the major events of Johnson's career but with a central focus on his role as the emblematic figure in the rise and fall of postwar American liberalism. The author includes 15 documents - Johnson's own speeches as well as assessments of the president and his programs by contemporaries and later scholars - that give readers the opportunity to examine LBJ's career firsthand and to evaluate its impact. The book also contains photographs and cartoons from the period, an LBJ chronology, a bibliography, and an index.


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