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Guns or butter [[electronic resource] ] : the presidency of Lyndon Johnson / / Irving Bernstein



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Autore: Bernstein Irving <1916-2001.> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Guns or butter [[electronic resource] ] : the presidency of Lyndon Johnson / / Irving Bernstein Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (649 p.)
Disciplina: 973.923/092
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Soggetto topico: Presidents - United States
Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 1963-1969
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 543-575) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; PROLOGUE: THE VICE PRESIDENCY; I: CARETAKER OF JOHN F. KENNEDY'S LEGACY; II: LYNDON JOHNSON-""THE GREAT, FABULOUS 89TH CONGRESS""; III: LYNDON JOHNSON-EMBATTLED, BESIEGED, UNDERMINED; IV: CODA; Notes; Index
Sommario/riassunto: 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 and wrenching tragedy. In Guns or Butter, renowned historian Irving Bernstein brings those five climactic years of the sixties vividly to life, from the moment Lee Harvey Oswald aimed a rifle from the window of the Texas School Depository to the tense ballot-counting that put Richard Nixon in the W
Titolo autorizzato: Guns or butter  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-12137-9
9786613121370
0-19-987431-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910461623603321
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