Framing the sixties
Subtitle: the use and abuse of a decade from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush
By: Bernard von Bothmer
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781558497320; 9781558497313
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Framing the frame; title: "The sixties" : defining an era; title: Blaming "the sixties" : the rise of Ronald Reagan; title: A tale of two sixties : Reagan's use of JFK and LBJ; title: Reagan and the memory of the Vietnam war; title: Remembering Vietnam and the civil rights movement : George H.W. Bush's 1960s; title: George H.W. Bush and the great society; title: Bill Clinton and the heroes of the 1960s : using liberal icons for conservative ends; title: Vietnam and "the sixties" in the Clinton presidency; title: The "un-sixties" candidate : George W. Bush; title: Framing John Kerry : the 2004 presidential campaign and "the sixties"; title: Conclusion: The persistent power of the 1960s.