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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

United States --- Politics and government --- 1963-1969 --- Presidents --- Biography --- Johnson, Lyndon B. --- Chan-sên, --- Johnson, Lyndon Baines, --- Dzhonson, Lindon, --- L. B. J. --- ג'ונסון, לינדון --- ジョンソン, --- Johnson, L. --- Čhō̜nsan, Lindō̜n Bī.,

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A firsthand observer weighs the achievements-and failures-of two fabled American presidents As a young White House correspondent during the Kennedy and Johnson years in Washington, D.C., Godfrey Hodgson had a ringside seat covering the last two great presidents of the United States, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, two men who could not have been more different. Kennedy's wit and dashing style, his renown as a national war hero, and his Ivy League Boston Brahmin background stood in sharp contrast to Lyndon Johnson's rural, humble origins in Texas, his blunt, forceful (but effective) political style, his lackluster career in the navy, and his grassroots populist instincts. Hodgson, a sharp-eyed witness throughout the tenure of these two great men, now offers us a new perspective enriched by his reflections since that time a half-century ago. He offers us a fresh, dispassionate contrast of these two great men by stripping away the myths to assess their achievements, ultimately asking whether Johnson has been misjudged. He suggests that LBJ be given his due by history, arguing that he was as great a president as, perhaps even greater than, JFK. The seed that grew into this book was the author's early perception that JFK's performance in office was largely overrated while LBJ's was consistently underrated. Hodgson asks key questions: If Kennedy had lived, would he have matched Johnson's ambitious Great Society achievements? Would he have avoided Johnson's disastrous commitment in Vietnam? Would Nixon have been elected his successor, and if not, how would American politics and parties look today? Hodgson combines lively anecdotes with sober analyses to arrive at new conclusions about the U.S. presidency and two of the most charismatic figures ever to govern from the Oval Office.

Presidents --- Kennedy, John F. --- Johnson, Lyndon B. --- Chan-sên, --- Johnson, Lyndon Baines, --- Dzhonson, Lindon, --- L. B. J. --- ג'ונסון, לינדון --- ジョンソン, --- Johnson, L. --- Čhō̜nsan, Lindō̜n Bī., --- Kennedy, John Fitzgerald --- United States --- Politics and government

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In 1961, President John F. Kennedy initiated a bold new policy of engaging states that had chosen to remain nonaligned in the Cold War. In a narrative ranging from the White House to the western coast of Africa and the shores of New Guinea, Robert B. Rakove examines the brief but eventful life of this policy during the presidencies of Kennedy and his successor, Lyndon Baines Johnson. Engagement initially met with real success, but it faltered in the face of serious obstacles, including colonial and regional conflicts, disputes over foreign aid and the Vietnam War. Its failure paved the way for a lasting hostility between the United States and much of the nonaligned world, with consequences extending to the present. This book offers a sweeping account of a critical period in the relationship between the United States and the Third World.

Neutralisme --- Relations internationales --- Nonalignment --- World politics --- Pays en voie de développement --- Histoire. --- History. --- Kennedy, John Fitzgerald --- Johnson, Lyndon Baines, --- Kennedy, John F. --- Johnson, Lyndon B. --- Pays non-alignés --- États-Unis --- United States --- Developing countries --- Relations extérieures --- Foreign relations --- Coexistence (World politics) --- Peaceful coexistence --- Neutralism --- Non-aligned nations --- Non-alignment --- Nonaligned nations --- International relations --- Neutrality --- Chan-sên, --- Dzhonson, Lindon, --- L. B. J. --- ג'ונסון, לינדון --- ジョンソン, --- Johnson, L. --- Čhō̜nsan, Lindō̜n Bī., --- Pays en développement --- Johnson, Lyndon Baines --- Arts and Humanities --- History --- Relations extérieures --- Pays en voie de développement --- États-Unis --- Pays non-alignés

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In November of 1964, as Lyndon Johnson celebrated his landslide victory over Barry Goldwater, the government of South Vietnam lay in a shambles. Ambassador Maxwell Taylor described it as a country beset by ""chronic factionalism, civilian-military suspicion and distrust, absence of national spirit and motivation, lack of cohesion in the social structure, lack of experience in the conduct of government."" Virtually no one in the Johnson Administration believed that Saigon could defeat the communist insurgency--and yet by July of 1965, a mere nine months later, they would lock the United States

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 --- United States --- Politics and government --- 1963-1969 --- Vietnam Conflict, 1961-1975 --- Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 --- Vietnamese War, 1961-1975 --- Causes. --- Johnson, Lyndon B. --- Chan-sên, --- Johnson, Lyndon Baines, --- Dzhonson, Lindon, --- L. B. J. --- ג'ונסון, לינדון --- ジョンソン, --- Johnson, L. --- Čhō̜nsan, Lindō̜n Bī.,

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This is the first comprehensive study of U.S. policy toward China during the presidency of Lyndon Johnson, a critical phase of the Cold War immediately preceding the dramatic Sino-American rapprochement of the early 1970's. Based on a wide array of recently declassified government documents, this study challenges the popular view that Johnson's approach to China was marked by stagnation and sterility, exploring the administration's relationship to both the Vietnam War and the Cultural Revolution. By documenting Johnson's contributions to the decision-making process Lumbers offers a new perspective...

Johnson, Lyndon B. --- United States --- China --- Politics and government --- Foreign relations --- Chan-sên, --- Johnson, Lyndon Baines, --- Dzhonson, Lindon, --- L. B. J. --- ג'ונסון, לינדון --- ジョンソン, --- Johnson, L. --- Čhō̜nsan, Lindō̜n Bī., --- China. --- Cold War. --- Cultural Revolution. --- Lyndon Johnson. --- Sino-American rapprochement. --- US policy. --- Vietnam War. --- declassified government documents. --- early 1970s. --- foreign-policy leader.