Framing the Sixties : : the use and Abuse of a Decade From Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush
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Introduction: framing the frame -- "The sixties" : defining an era -- Blaming "the sixties" : the rise of Ronald Reagan -- A tale of two sixties : Reagan's use of JFK and LBJ -- Reagan and the memory of the Vietnam war -- Remembering Vietnam and the civil rights movement : George H.W. Bush's 1960s -- George H.W. Bush and the great society -- Bill Clinton and the heroes of the 1960s : using liberal icons for conservative ends -- Vietnam and "the sixties" in the Clinton presidency -- The "un-sixties" candidate : George W. Bush -- Framing John Kerry : the 2004 presidential campaign and "the sixties" -- Conclusion: the persistent power of the 1960s.
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PUBLISHED
Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: x, 290 p. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781558497320
1558497323
9781558497313
1558497315
SUBJECTS
Presidents -- History -- 20th century.
Presidents -- History -- 21st century.
Political culture -- History -- 20th century.
Political culture -- History -- 21st century.
Liberalism.
Conservatism.
United States -- History -- 1961-1969.
United States -- Social conditions -- 1960-1980.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-