Zelizer, Julian E. <br/><br/>
The fierce urgency of now :  Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the battle for the Great Society 
/ Julian E. Zelizer 
 - New York  : Penguin Press  , 2015 
 - 370 p.  : illus.  ; 25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The challenges of a liberal presidency -- Deadlocked democracy -- New president, same old Congress -- Legislating civil rights -- How Barry Goldwater built the Great Society -- The fabulous Eighty-Ninth Congress -- Congressional conservatism revived -- The triumph of austerity politics -- The endurance of the Great Society. 
<br/><br/> Zelizer takes the full measure of the entire story of Johnson's liberal agenda in all its epic sweep. Before Johnson, Kennedy tried and failed to achieve many of these advances. Our practiced understanding is that this was an unprecedented liberal hour in America, a moment, after Kennedy's death, when the seas parted and Johnson could simply stroll through to victory. As Zelizer shows, this view is off-base: in many respects America was even more conservative than it seems now, and Johnson's legislative program faced bitter resistance. 
<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781594204340 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States---Politics and government---1963-1969<br/>United States---Economic policy---1961 - 1971<br/>United States---Social policy---1961 - 1971
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E846  / .Z45 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.923 ZEL