HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF THE KENNEDY-JOHNSON ERA by Richard Dean Burns, Joseph M. Siracusa ( 9781442237919 )

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HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF THE KENNEDY-JOHNSON ERA

By:

Richard Dean Burns, Joseph M. Siracusa

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1442237910

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Publisher:

ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD

Pub. date:

7 May, 2015

Edition:

Second Edition

Series:

Historical Dictionaries of U.S. Politics and Political Eras

Pages:

490

Description:

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Kennedy-Johnson Era covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about John F. Kennedy.

Synopsis:

The recent commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of John F. Kennedy's election as the thirty-fifth president of the United States serves as a reminder of a period of time that many Americans perceive as idyllic. Just as his election, despite a near-run thing, had instilled a pervasive sense of hope throughout the country, his assassination stunned the entire nation, scarring the psyche of a generation of Americans. More than half a century later, JFK continues to inspire debates about the effectiveness of the presidency, as well as his own political legacy, making the senator from Massachusetts the object of many enduring myths: that he would have been one of the country's greatest leaders had he lived, he would have kept the US out of a full-fledged Vietnam war, and that he was a martyr of right-wing assassins. His successor, Lyndon B. Johnson, who did get the US deeply involved in Vietnam while pursuing the social reforms of the Great Society at home and abroad, also casts a long shadow in the twenty-first century, as the nation continues to deal with poverty, racism, and social injustice.This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Kennedy-Johnson Era covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, including the president, his advisors, his family, his opponents, and his critics, as well as members of Congress, military leaders, and international leaders. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about John F. Kennedy.

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3 Tables, unspecified; 11 Halftones, black and white

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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