Framing the sixties : the use and abuse of a decade from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush /
Bothmer, Bernard von,1967-
Amherst, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Press,
c2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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Presidents
Political culture
Political culture
Liberalism
Conservatism