A political education : a Washington memoir / Harry McPherson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McPherson, Harry, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 495 p. )

Edition:

1st University of Texas Press ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, [1995]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This insider's view of Washington in the 1950s and 1960s, of the tumultuous presidency of Lyndon Johnson, and of the conflicts and factions of the president's staff has become a political classic since its original publication in 1972. In this reissue, Harry McPherson adds a new preface in which he reflects on changes in Washington since the Johnson era and on the lessons Bill Clinton could learn from the presidency of Lyndon Johnson.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface, 1995

Prologue

1. Counsel in Congress

2. Brief Lives

3. Right from Wrong

4. Cold War Democrats

5. Sacred Cows and Racial Justice

6. Johnson for President

7· Racing in Neutral

8. Army and State

9. White House

10. Cities Aflame

11. Democracy Fights a Limited War

12. Denouement

Epilogue

Postscript, 1988

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-292-79242-5

OCLC:

1294423428