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Author Donaldson, Gary.

Title Liberalism's last hurrah : the presidential campaign of 1964 / Gary Donaldson.

Publication Info. Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2015.

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Contents Conservatives in the "modern" world of Eisenhower, and the rise of Goldwater -- The Democrats resurgent and the rise of the Boston-Austin axis -- Goldwater ambivalence and the decision to run -- Early Republican battlegrounds and the rise of George Wallace -- Lyndon Johnson and the reins of power -- Conservatism triumphant: Wallace and Goldwater in the primary season -- Guillotine: the Jacobins remove the Ancien RĂ©gime -- LBJ's "Bobby problem" and the Humphrey string-along -- The king is dead. Long live the king -- Goldwater and Johnson in a cause predetermined -- Home stretch -- Analysis.
Summary "This is the first historical account of the 1964 election and of a nation in transition. Featuring outsized personalities - Lyndon Johnson, Barry Goldwater, George Wallace, Nelson Rockefeller, Richard Nixon, Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Fannie Lou Hamer, Margaret Chase Smith, and a young Ronald Reagan - the book tells a thrilling story that captures the excitement, drama, and significance of "liberalism's last hurrah.""--Jacket.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1964.
Presidents.
United States.
Chronological Term 1964
Subject Liberalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Liberalism.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1963-1969
1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
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ISBN 1317466101 (electronic book)
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