03588nam 22006135 450 991052009030332120230810173733.09783030849467(electronic bk.)978303084945010.1007/978-3-030-84946-7(MiAaPQ)EBC6838683(Au-PeEL)EBL6838683(CKB)20275126400041(OCoLC)1294141396(DE-He213)978-3-030-84946-7(EXLCZ)992027512640004120211207d2021 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMedia Management in the Age of Lyndon B. Johnson Selling Guns and Butter /by Benjamin W. Quail1st ed. 2021.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2021.1 online resource (267 pages)Print version: Quail, Benjamin W. Media Management in the Age of Lyndon B. Johnson Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2021 9783030849450 1. Introduction -- 2. Thematic Review -- 3. 1963-1964: Assuming and Consolidating Power, Campaigning for Election -- 4. 1965: Guns vs. Butter-Escalation in Vietnam and the March of the Great Society -- 5. 1966: Widening Credibility Gap and Sliding Popularity -- 6. 1967: Pacification, Charm Offensives and Further Undermined Credibility -- 7. 1968: Tet, Plummeting Popularity and the Ultimate Failure of the Johnsonian Press Strategy -- 8. Conclusion.This book looks broadly at how the contentious relationships between the media and US President Lyndon B. Johnson affected the national consciousness during the turbulent period of his leadership. Johnson had to deal with a particularly difficult and divisive period in American history and his relationship with the press undoubtedly contributed to an atmosphere of friction within the United States. A more specific purpose of this research monograph is ultimately to shine a light on the trials and tribulations that Johnson faced as a president dealing with new forms of communication in the 1960s. It aims to show the difficulties that he had in adapting a very personal style of leadership - which had served him well in the Senate - in the role he undertook as leader of a nation. Further to this, it builds on this foundation to argue that Johnson developed a reactive, passive stance to dealing with the media, one that ultimately contributed to a loss in popularity and status as leader - a blow he never recovered from during his time in office. Benjamin Quail teaches various courses in American and European history at the University of Strathclyde, UK.United StatesHistoryWorld politicsCommunication in politicsCommunicationUS HistoryPolitical HistoryPolitical CommunicationMedia and CommunicationUnited StatesHistory.World politics.Communication in politics.Communication.US History.Political History.Political Communication.Media and Communication.302.23302.230973Quail Benjamin W.1074882MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910520090303321Media Management in the Age of Lyndon B. Johnson2582870UNINA