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The fierce urgency of now : Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the battle for the Great Society / Julian E. Zelizer.

Zelizer, Julian E., author.
2015
E846 .Z45 2015 (Mapit)
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Title
The fierce urgency of now : Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the battle for the Great Society / Julian E. Zelizer.
Author
Zelizer, Julian E., author.
ISBN
9781594204340
1594204349
Published
New York : Penguin Press, 2015.
Language
English
Description
370 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Call Number
E846 .Z45 2015
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.923
Summary
"Zelizer takes the full measure of the entire story [of Johnson's liberal agenda] in all its epic sweep. Before Johnson, Kennedy tried and failed to achieve many of these advances. Our practiced understanding is that this was an unprecedented liberal hour in America, a moment, after Kennedy's death, when the seas parted and Johnson could simply stroll through to victory. As Zelizer shows, this view is off-base: in many respects America was even more conservative than it seems now, and Johnson's legislative program faced bitter resistance" --Amazon.com.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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