LEADER 03570oam 22005174a 450 001 9910861044903321 005 20180910030007.0 010 $a0-7006-2674-3 035 $a(CKB)4100000006611685 035 $a(OCoLC)1051137608 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse67840 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5508216 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31274844 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31274844 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000006611685 100 $a20180805d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Presidents and the Poor $eAmerica Battles Poverty, 1964 - 2017 /$fLawrence J. McAndrews 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLawrence, Kansas $cUniversity Press of Kansas$d[2018] 215 $a1 online resource 311 $a0-7006-2673-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe limited war : Lyndon Johnson, 1964-1969 -- The grand design : Richard Nixon, 1969-1974 -- No time to heal : Gerald Ford, 1974-1977 -- Social engineering: Jimmy Carter, 1977-1981 -- The revolution that wasn't : Ronald Reagan, 1981-1989 -- The good society : George H. W. Bush, 1989-1993 -- Going to China : Bill Clinton, 1993-2001 -- Losing faith : George W. Bush, 2001-2009 -- The elasticity of hope : Barack Obama, 2009-2017. 330 $a"Ever since Lyndon Johnson launched his "War on Poverty," each presidential administration has engaged in a unique effort to help impoverished Americans. Though every president inherited the remnants of his predecessors' policies, each sought to make his own mark and secure his own place in history. The combatants changed, the terrain shifted, the losses mounted, and the victories faded. Johnson (inspired by Kennedy) may have devised the initial strategy to conduct the campaign, but subsequent presidents amplified, altered, and even overturned it. The Presidents and the Poor is an account of honorable intentions, innovative ideas, colossal sums of money, and a vast expansion of government. In the end, however, it is a tale of how nine presidents did not do too much, but too little, to help those on the lowest rungs of American society. Democrats Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama were never fully able to commit the resources that they believed were necessary to defeat poverty. Republicans Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush could never completely fulfill their alternate visions of LBJ's war. Some--notably Johnson, Nixon, Reagan, and Clinton--did better than others in making inroads against poverty, but all fell short of their goals. And impoverished Americans were left to wonder what might have been, if only their presidents had fought to win against an unyielding enemy"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aPoor$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aPoverty$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aPoverty$xGovernment policy$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y21st century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPoor$xHistory. 615 0$aPoverty$xHistory. 615 0$aPoverty$xGovernment policy$xHistory. 676 $a362.50973/0904 700 $aMcAndrews$b Lawrence J$g(Lawrence John),$0925706 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910861044903321 996 $aThe Presidents and the Poor$94167366 997 $aUNINA