A Companion to Lyndon B. Johnson
Blackwell Companions to American History
1. Auflage Februar 2012
616 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-1-4443-3389-3
John Wiley & Sons
This companion offers an overview of Lyndon B. Johnson's life,
presidency, and legacy, as well as a detailed look at the central
arguments and scholarly debates from his term in office.
* Explores the legacy of Johnson and the historical significance
of his years as president
* Covers the full range of topics, from the social and civil
rights reforms of the Great Society to the increased American
involvement in Vietnam
* Incorporates the dramatic new evidence that has come to light
through the release of around 8,000 phone conversations and
meetings that Johnson secretly recorded as President
Notes on Contributors viii
Introduction 1
Mitchell B. Lerner
Part I Pre-Presidential Years 5
1 The Changing South 7
Jeff Woods
2 LBJ in the House and Senate 23
Donald A. Ritchie
3 The Vice Presidency 38
Marc J. Selverstone
Part II Lyndon B. Johnson's White House 57
4 Lady Bird Johnson 59
Lisa M. Burns
5 Management and Vision 76
Sean J. Savage
Part III Domestic Policy 91
6 The War on Poverty 93
Edward R. Schmitt
7 African-American Civil Rights 111
Kent B. Germany
8 Mexican Americans 132
Lorena Oropeza
9 Women's Issues 149
Susan M. Hartmann
10 Health Care 163
Larry DeWitt and Edward D. Berkowitz
11 Environmental Policy 187
Martin V. Melosi
12 American Immigration Policy 210
Donna R. Gabaccia and Maddalena Marinari
13 LBJ and the Constitution 228
Robert David Johnson
14 The Urban Crisis 245
David Steigerwald
15 Education Reform 263
Lawrence J. McAndrews
16 Domestic Insurgencies 278
Doug Rossinow
17 LBJ and the Conservative Movement 295
Jeff Roche
Part IV: Vietnam 319
18 Decisions for War 321
Andrew Preston
19 Fighting the Vietnam War 336
Robert D. Schulzinger
20 The War at Home 350
Mary Ann Wynkoop
21 The War from the Other Side 367
Pierre Asselin
Part V Beyond Vietnam 385
22 Latin America 387
Alan McPherson
23 Europe 406
Thomas Alan Schwartz
24 LBJ and the Cold War 420
John Dumbrell
25 The Middle East 439
Peter L. Hahn
26 LBJ and the New Global Challenges 450
Mark Atwood Lawrence
Part VI Final Reckonings 467
27 How Great was the Great Society? 469
Sidney M. Milkis
28 Lyndon B. Johnson and the World 487
Nicholas Evan Sarantakes
29 The Legacy of Lyndon B. Johnson 504
Andrew L. Johns
Bibliography 521
Index 583
Introduction 1
Mitchell B. Lerner
Part I Pre-Presidential Years 5
1 The Changing South 7
Jeff Woods
2 LBJ in the House and Senate 23
Donald A. Ritchie
3 The Vice Presidency 38
Marc J. Selverstone
Part II Lyndon B. Johnson's White House 57
4 Lady Bird Johnson 59
Lisa M. Burns
5 Management and Vision 76
Sean J. Savage
Part III Domestic Policy 91
6 The War on Poverty 93
Edward R. Schmitt
7 African-American Civil Rights 111
Kent B. Germany
8 Mexican Americans 132
Lorena Oropeza
9 Women's Issues 149
Susan M. Hartmann
10 Health Care 163
Larry DeWitt and Edward D. Berkowitz
11 Environmental Policy 187
Martin V. Melosi
12 American Immigration Policy 210
Donna R. Gabaccia and Maddalena Marinari
13 LBJ and the Constitution 228
Robert David Johnson
14 The Urban Crisis 245
David Steigerwald
15 Education Reform 263
Lawrence J. McAndrews
16 Domestic Insurgencies 278
Doug Rossinow
17 LBJ and the Conservative Movement 295
Jeff Roche
Part IV: Vietnam 319
18 Decisions for War 321
Andrew Preston
19 Fighting the Vietnam War 336
Robert D. Schulzinger
20 The War at Home 350
Mary Ann Wynkoop
21 The War from the Other Side 367
Pierre Asselin
Part V Beyond Vietnam 385
22 Latin America 387
Alan McPherson
23 Europe 406
Thomas Alan Schwartz
24 LBJ and the Cold War 420
John Dumbrell
25 The Middle East 439
Peter L. Hahn
26 LBJ and the New Global Challenges 450
Mark Atwood Lawrence
Part VI Final Reckonings 467
27 How Great was the Great Society? 469
Sidney M. Milkis
28 Lyndon B. Johnson and the World 487
Nicholas Evan Sarantakes
29 The Legacy of Lyndon B. Johnson 504
Andrew L. Johns
Bibliography 521
Index 583
"This volume of essays is a superb contribution to the growing body
of scholarship on LBJ and his presidency. Lerner, himself one of
the country's leading experts on Johnson, has assembled a
first-rate cast of contributors." - Randall B. Woods,
author, LBJ: Architect of American Ambition
"For all serious scholars and students of Lyndon Johnson--and
given the long-term consequences of Vietnam, the Great Society, and
the 1960s broadly, aren't we all?--Lerner's
compilation is a must-read to truly understand the man and his
era." - Jeffrey A. Engel, Kruse '52 Founders Professor,
Texas A&M University
"The one-stop source for the latest historiography on the
presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson. Lerner has assembled a
collection of gems by the leading historians of U.S. domestic and
foreign policy during the Johnson era." - Frank
Costigliola, University of Connecticut
of scholarship on LBJ and his presidency. Lerner, himself one of
the country's leading experts on Johnson, has assembled a
first-rate cast of contributors." - Randall B. Woods,
author, LBJ: Architect of American Ambition
"For all serious scholars and students of Lyndon Johnson--and
given the long-term consequences of Vietnam, the Great Society, and
the 1960s broadly, aren't we all?--Lerner's
compilation is a must-read to truly understand the man and his
era." - Jeffrey A. Engel, Kruse '52 Founders Professor,
Texas A&M University
"The one-stop source for the latest historiography on the
presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson. Lerner has assembled a
collection of gems by the leading historians of U.S. domestic and
foreign policy during the Johnson era." - Frank
Costigliola, University of Connecticut
Mitchell B. Lerner is Associate Professor of History at the Ohio State University and the Mershon Center for International Security Studies. He has held the Mary Ball Washington Distinguished Fulbright Chair at University College-Dublin, and been an officer of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. He is also Director of Ohio State's Institute for Korea Studies. He is the author of The Pueblo Incident: A Spy Ship and the Failure of American Foreign Policy (2002), which won the John Lyman Book Award, and editor of Looking Back at LBJ (2005).