- Paperback: 448 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press; Second Edition edition (July 15 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0195387279
- ISBN-13: 978-0195387278
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 680 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #465,315 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Michael Gillette has assembled in the words of the participants the inside story of how Lyndon Johnson mounted his war on poverty and created the Office of Economic Opportunity. This book offers the reader a unique seat at the tables in Washington where the poverty program was conceived, written into law and carried out. It is an invaluable and exciting look at history the way it really happened."- Hon. Joseph A. Califano Jr., chief assistant for domestic affairs to President Lyndon B. Johnson (1965-1969) and Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare (1977-1979)
"An indispensable guide to the federal war on poverty and the programs that formed its core. This is oral history at its finest." - David M. Oshinsky, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Polio: An American Story
"An excellent collection." -- CHOICE
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The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 was one of the great legislative triumphs of Lyndon Johnson's presidency. In Launching the War on Poverty, forty-nine veterans of this unprecedented legislative effort tell their stories, offering a fascinating inside look at how Community Action, Head Start, the Job Corps, Legal Services, and other efforts went from brainstorming sessions in Washington to real-life programs in low-income neighborhoods throughout the nation. As the interviews reveal the idealism of the 1960s, they also capture the excitement and disappointment, the determination and doubt, the cut-and-thrust of American lawmaking, and the sheer force of the personalities involved. This second edition offers a new introduction that shows how many of these programs survived a volatile beginning to become accepted, permanent elements of domestic policy. In addition, the book now includes transcripts of Johnson's pivotal phone conversations, underscoring the president's determination and resourcefulness, his judgments of personnel and programs, and his sensitivity to political fallout. There is an updated bibliography with a list of web and archival sources on the War on Poverty.
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It was a riviting joy ride. A sensual flavor of power, politics, and the American way. It changed my life and my view of Lyndon Johnson.Michael Gillette definetely has a bright writing future. The rivitation of this book leaves me frozen like a deer in headlights! I recommand this book to everyone!
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This review is from: Launching the War on Poverty: An Oral History (Hardcover)
It was a riviting joy ride. A sensual flavor of power, politics, and the American way. It changed my life and my view of Lyndon Johnson.Michael Gillette definetely has a bright writing future. The rivitation of this book leaves me frozen like a deer in headlights! I recommand this book to everyone!
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