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Building the Great Society : inside Lyndon Johnson's White House
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Building the Great Society : inside Lyndon Johnson's White House
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Physical Description:
xviii, 378 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary:
The author of Lincoln's Boys presents an analysis of the Johnson administration that reveals how the legendary Great Society programs were actually put into practice, profiling major figures in the liberal reforms of the 1960s while warning readers of the consequences of dismantling at-risk programs ranging from Medicare to Head Start.
Contents:
Put the ball through the hoop -- Participation in prosperity -- Second day -- Revolutionary activity -- Frontlash -- A frustrating paradox -- Completing the Fair Deal -- Get 'em! Get the last ones! -- The fabulous Eighty-ninth -- Guns and butter -- Backlash -- You aren't a man in your own right -- The thirty-first of March -- Conclusion.
Publication Info:
New York : Viking, [2018]

©2018
Subject:
Presidents -- United States -- Biography
United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969
United States -- Economic policy -- 1961-1971
United States -- Social policy -- 20th century.
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908-1973
Chan-sên, Pres. U.S., 1908-1973
Johnson, Lyndon Baines, Pres. U.S., 1908-1973
Dzhonson, Lindon, 1908-1973
L. B. J. (Lyndon Baines Johnson), 1908-1973
ג'ונסון, לינדון
ジョンソン, 1908-1973
Johnson, L. (Lyndon), 1908-1973
Čhō̜nsan, Lindō̜n Bī., 1908-1973
SAILS ISBN:
9780525428787