Kyle Longley

LBJ's 1968

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Produktbeschreibung

Examines President Lyndon Baines Johnson and his response to the year that he characterized as a 'year of a continuous nightmare'.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 378
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 699g
• ISBN-13: 9781107193031
• ISBN-10: 1107193036
• Artikelnr.: 49139578

Autorenporträt

Kyle Longley is the Snell Family Dean's Distinguished Professor of History and Political Science at Arizona State University and author of Grunts: The American Combat Soldier in Vietnam and In the Eagle's Shadow: The United States and Latin America.

Inhaltsangabe

1. A nation on the brink: the State of the Union Address, January 1968
2. Those dirty bastards, are they trying to embarrass us? The Pueblo Incident, January-December 1968
3: Tet: a very near thing, January-March 1968
4. As a result, I will not seek re-election: the March 31, 1968 speech
5. The days the Earth stood still: the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr, April 1968
6. He hated him, but loved him: the assassination of Robert Kennedy, June 1968
7. The big stumble: the Fortas Affair, June-October 1968
8: The tanks are rolling: Czechoslovakia crushed, August 1968
9: The perfect disaster: the democratic national convention, August 1968
10. Is this treason?: The October surprise that wasn't, October-December 1968
11. The last dance, January 1969
Conclusion
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index.