LBJ's 1968
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LBJ's 1968

Power, Politics, and the Presidency in America's Year of Upheaval

Kyle Longley

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LBJ's 1968

Power, Politics, and the Presidency in America's Year of Upheaval

Kyle Longley

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1968 was an unprecedented year in terms of upheaval on numerous scales: political, military, economic, social, cultural. In the United States, perhaps no one was more undone by the events of 1968 than President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Kyle Longley leads his readers on a behind-the-scenes tour of what Johnson characterized as the 'year of a continuous nightmare'. Longley explores how LBJ perceived the most significant events of 1968, including the Vietnam War, the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr and Robert Kennedy, and the violent Democratic National Convention in Chicago. His responses to the crises were sometimes effective but often tragic, and LBJ's refusal to seek re-election underscores his recognition of the challenges facing the country in 1968. As much a biography of a single year as it is of LBJ, LBJ's 1968 vividly captures the tumult that dominated the headlines on a local and global level.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2018
ISBN
9781108141208
Topic
History
Subtopic
North American History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. Preface and Acknowledgments
  9. Introduction
  10. Chapter 1 A Nation on the Brink: The State of the Union Address, January 1968
  11. Chapter 2 Those Dirty Bastards, Are They Trying to Embarrass Us? The Pueblo Incident, January–December 1968
  12. Chapter 3 Tet: A Very Near Thing, January–March 1968
  13. Chapter 4 As a Result, I Will Not Seek Reelection: The March 31, 1968 Speech
  14. Chapter 5 The Days the Earth Stood Still: The Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., April 1968
  15. Chapter 6 He Hated Him, but He Loved Him: The Assassination of Robert Kennedy, June 1968
  16. Chapter 7 The Big Stumble: The Fortas Affair, June–October 1968
  17. Chapter 8 The Tanks Are Rolling: Czechoslovakia Crushed, August 1968
  18. Chapter 9 The Perfect Disaster: The Democratic National Convention, August 1968
  19. Chapter 10 Is This Treason?: The October Surprise that Wasn’t, October–November 1968
  20. Chapter 11 The Last Dance, January 1969
  21. Conclusion
  22. Glossary of Participants
  23. Notes
  24. Bibliography
  25. Index