Promises kept : John F. Kennedy's new frontier / Irving Bernstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bernstein, Irving, 1916-2001.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Kennedy, John F.

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

Johnson, Lyndon B.

United States--Politics and government--1961-1963.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1963-1969.

United States--Economic policy--1961-1971.

United States--Social policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A counter-revisionist examination of JFK and his administration, Promises Kept presents a policy history of major domestic legislative efforts between 1961 and 1963. Bernstein focuses on administraive and congressional progress under Kennedy in civil rights, education, taxes, unemployment, Medicare, and the Peace Corps. He persuasively argues that Kennedy was indeed a successful president, showing that many of JFK's campaign promises were well on their way to enactment by the time of his assassination, even after two years of dealings with a balky and often hostile Congress, and the difficulty

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Prologue: The Presidency; 1. America in 1960; 2. Civil Rights: Confrontation; 3. Civil Rights: Year of Decision, 1963; Illustrations; 4. Keynesian Turn: The Tax Cut; 5. Wrestling with Structural Unemployment; 6. Updating the New Deal; 7. Federal Aid for Education; 8. A Battle Lost: Medicare; 9. The Peace Corps; 10. If Men Were Angels; Notes; Index

Notes:

First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1993.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-317) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-283-12142-5

9786613121424

0-19-987441-7

OCLC:

729872391