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Review published on Monday, September 26, 2016
Author: 
Julian E. Zelizer
Reviewer: 
Katherine A. Scott

Scott on Zelizer, 'The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society'


Julian E. Zelizer. The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society. New York: Penguin Press PHC, 2015. 384 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-59420-434-0.

Reviewed by Katherine A. Scott (Associate Historian, Senate Historical Office)
Published on H-1960s (September, 2016)
Commissioned by Zachary J. Lechner

Going All the Way with LBJ

Review published on Monday, July 18, 2016
Author: 
Christian G. Appy
Reviewer: 
Thomas B. Weyant

Weyant on Appy, 'American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity'


Christian G. Appy. American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity. New York: Penguin Press, 2015. 416 pp. $28.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-670-02539-8; $18.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-14-312834-2.

Reviewed by Thomas B. Weyant (University of Akron)
Published on H-1960s (July, 2016)
Commissioned by Zachary J. Lechner

Review published on Monday, June 27, 2016
Author: 
Bob Woodward
Reviewer: 
Samuel Rushay

Rushay on Woodward, 'The Last of the President's Men'


Bob Woodward. The Last of the President's Men. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015. 304 pp. $28.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5011-1644-5.

Reviewed by Samuel Rushay (Harry S. Truman Library and Museum)
Published on H-1960s (June, 2016)
Commissioned by Zachary J. Lechner

Back to the Watergate Well

Review published on Monday, June 6, 2016
Author: 
George Cotkin
Reviewer: 
Alex Sayf Cummings

Cummings on Cotkin, 'Feast of Excess: A Cultural History of the New Sensibility'


George Cotkin. Feast of Excess: A Cultural History of the New Sensibility. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015. 448 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-021847-8.

Reviewed by Alex Sayf Cummings (Georgia State University)
Published on H-1960s (June, 2016)
Commissioned by Zachary J. Lechner

Taking It to the Limit

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