Two Suns of the Southwest: Lyndon Johnson, Barry Goldwater, and the 1964 Battle Between Liberalism and Conservatism

by Nancy Beck Young

Book Overview

Over time the presidential election of 1964 has come to be seen as a generational shift, a defining moment in which Americans deliberated between two distinctly different visions for the future. In its juxtaposition of these divergent visions, Two Suns of the Southwest is the first full account of this critical election and its legacy for US politics.

The 1964 election, in Nancy Beck Young's telling, was a contest between two men of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700634193
• ISBN13: 9780700634194
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"