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- ISBN 9780791461693
- Weight: 789g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 2004
- Publisher: State University of New York Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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A comprehensive account of JFK's and LBJ's leadership of the Democratic Party in the 1960s.
2005 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title
JFK, LBJ, and the Democratic Party is a richly detailed, comprehensive, and provocative account of presidential party leadership in the turbulent 1960s. Using many primary sources, including resources from presidential libraries, state and national archival material, public opinion polls, and numerous interviews, Sean J. Savage reveals for the first time the influence of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson on the chairmanship, operations, structure, and finances of the Democratic National Committee. Savage further enriches his account with telephone conversations recently released from the Kennedy and Johnson presidential libraries, along with rare photos of JFK and LBJ.
Sean J. Savage is Associate Professor of Political Science at Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame. He is the author of Truman and the Democratic Party and Roosevelt: The Party Leader, 1932–1945.
