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- catalog abstract "The Best of Intentions explores the politics, the people, and the ins and outs of the Great Society programs - and how, inevitably, they began to go awry. Beginning with the Kennedy administration's early, futile efforts to alter the social landscape of poverty and education, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Irwin Unger traces the evolution of the Great Society programs and agenda, chronicling the relentless and savvy persistence of LBJ to push JFK's programs through - and make them his own. Yet almost on the eve of his triumph, the foundation of the Great Society had already begun to shift and crumble. Now, thirty years later, the Republican Congress is reconsidering those Great Society programs, arguing that they have grown to consume the national budget and reshape, to our detriment, social policy. An epic exploration of people and politics in an age of unrest, The Best of Intentions is the first comprehensive history of a legislative program that continues to dominate today's political scene.".
- catalog contributor b9137735.
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1961-1963.".
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1963-1969.".
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1969-1974.".
- catalog coverage "United States Social policy.".
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Now, thirty years later, the Republican Congress is reconsidering those Great Society programs, arguing that they have grown to consume the national budget and reshape, to our detriment, social policy. An epic exploration of people and politics in an age of unrest, The Best of Intentions is the first comprehensive history of a legislative program that continues to dominate today's political scene.".
- catalog description "The Best of Intentions explores the politics, the people, and the ins and outs of the Great Society programs - and how, inevitably, they began to go awry. Beginning with the Kennedy administration's early, futile efforts to alter the social landscape of poverty and education, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Irwin Unger traces the evolution of the Great Society programs and agenda, chronicling the relentless and savvy persistence of LBJ to push JFK's programs through - and make them his own. Yet almost on the eve of his triumph, the foundation of the Great Society had already begun to shift and crumble.".
- catalog extent "399 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Best of intentions.".
- catalog identifier "0385468334".
- catalog isFormatOf "Best of intentions.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Doubleday,".
- catalog relation "Best of intentions.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1961-1963.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1963-1969.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1969-1974.".
- catalog spatial "United States Social policy.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "361.6/1/0973 20".
- catalog subject "Economic assistance, Domestic United States.".
- catalog subject "HN59.2 .U52 1996".
- catalog title "The best of intentions : the triumphs and failures of the Great Society under Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon / Irwin Unger.".
- catalog type "text".