عنوان

JFK and LBJ :

شرايط تهيه و بها

$28.00

شابک

0300180500 (cloth : alk. paper)

شابک

9780300180503 (cloth : alk. paper) :

شماره

b411519

عنوان اصلي

JFK and LBJ :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

the last two great presidents /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Godfrey Hodgson

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xii, 274 pages ;

ابعاد

25 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index

متن يادداشت

Introduction: a parting of the ways -- Part I. The actors -- Life is unfair -- One brief shining moment -- Doctor Fell -- Part II. The actions -- Rumors of war, rumors of peace -- Other Americas -- Surpassing Kennedy -- No umbrella man -- Conclusion

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

"As a young White House correspondent during the Kennedy and Johnson years in Washington, D.C., Godfrey Hodgson had a ringside seat covering the last two great presidents of the United States, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, two men who could not have been more different. Kennedy's wit and dashing style, his renown as a national war hero, and his Ivy League Boston Brahmin background stood in sharp contrast to Lyndon Johnson's rural, humble origins in Texas, his blunt, forceful (but effective) political style, his lackluster career in the navy, and his grassroots populist instincts. Hodgson, a sharp-eyed witness throughout the tenure of these two great men, now offers us a new perspective enriched by his reflections since that time a half-century ago. He offers us a fresh, dispassionate contrast of these two great men by stripping away the myths to assess their achievements, ultimately asking whether Johnson has been misjudged. He suggests that LBJ be given his due by history, arguing that he was as great a president as, perhaps even greater than, JFK. The seed that grew into this book was the author's early perception that JFK's performance in office was largely overrated while LBJ's was consistently underrated. Hodgson asks key questions: If Kennedy had lived, would he have matched Johnson's ambitious Great Society achievements? Would he have avoided Johnson's disastrous commitment in Vietnam? Would Nixon have been elected his successor, and if not, how would American politics and parties look today? Hodgson combines lively anecdotes with sober analyses to arrive at new conclusions about the U.S. presidency and two of the most charismatic figures ever to govern from the Oval Office." -- Publisher's description

موضوع مستند نشده

Johnson, Lyndon B., (Lyndon Baines),1908-1973

موضوع مستند نشده

Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald),1917-1963

موضوع مستند نشده

Presidents-- United States, Biography

موضوع مستند نشده

United States, Politics and government, 1961-1963

موضوع مستند نشده

United States, Politics and government, 1963-1969

بدون عنوان

0

بدون عنوان

0

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Hodgson, Godfrey

تاريخ عمليات

20150603112229.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

rda

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y