Description
It's the fourth installment of our series on Lyndon Johnson's America and we are into crisis mode.
We pick up the story in mid-1967 and discuss how Vietnam, racial violence, and a host of other contentious issues rise to the fore and overwhelm Lyndon Johnson, leading to his eventual withdrawal from office.
Along the way we compare 1967/8 with today's political climate, discuss race riots, Tet, the media, the counterculture, second-wave feminism and much more.
Thanks again for listening.
Cheers,
Mark and Malcolm
Reading List
Thomas Sugrue, The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit (2014)
Amy Wedlow, Women Strike for Peace: Traditional Motherhood and Radical Politics in the 1960s. (1993)
Daniel Hallin, The 'Uncensored War':The Media and Vietnam (1986)
Christopher Gair, The American Counterculture (2007)
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It's another episode of A-Z, and the lucky letter is J! On the menu this week:
John Birch Society
Jacobs, Harriet
Jackson
Japanese Internment
Jazz Singer, The
And many more!
Thanks again for listening and we'll be back soon with our brand new series on the US and the Middle East!
Cheers,
Mark and...
Published 02/02/20
Following a delay thanks to strikes, illness, and a furious effort to finish writing a book, we're back with the final episode of our Lyndon Johnson's America series!
We discuss the various legacies of Johnson, his Great Society, Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the long Sixties.
And we also provide a...
Published 01/17/20