The Fierce Urgency of Now
Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society
Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society
By Julian E. Zelizer
By Julian E. Zelizer
By Julian E. Zelizer
By Julian E. Zelizer
Category: 20th Century U.S. History | Domestic Politics
Category: 20th Century U.S. History | Domestic Politics
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Paperback $18.00
Dec 22, 2015 | ISBN 9780143128014
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Praise
Kirkus:
A sort-of-liberal president faces an intransigent, obstructionist Congress: We mean Lyndon Johnson, of course, and the class of 1966. Zelizer, a lucid writer, doesn’t need to cherry-pick to line up parallels with today…A smart, provocative study.”
Publishers Weekly:
“Zelizer paints Johnson as a flawed—opportunistic, domineering, ambitious—yet impressive leader, who took advantage of a perfect storm of legislative and governmental conditions to push through an unprecedented number of projects and achievements; a president who gambled greatly while his party and a liberal majority were in ascendancy and won accordingly…His focus on the conflict between conservative and liberal factions is even more timely in today’s climate. Zelizer writes with an expert’s deep understanding of the subject.”
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