02031cam a2200349 i 4500 360434442 TxGeo 20181015120000.0 171016s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781107193031 hbk. 1107193036 hbk. (OCoLC)1006528466 TxGeo rda Longley, Kyle. LBJ's 1968 : power, politics, and the presidency in America's year of upheaval / Kyle Longley. Lyndon Baines Johnson's 1968. Lyndon Baines Johnson's nineteen-sixty-eight. New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018. xv, 361 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. A nation on the brink: the State of the Union Address, January 1968 -- Those dirty bastards, are they trying to embarrass us? The Pueblo Incident, January-December 1968 -- Tet: a very near thing, January-March 1968 -- As a result, I will not seek re-election: the March 31, 1968 speech -- The days the earth stood still: the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., April 1968 -- He hated him, but loved him: the assassination of Robert Kennedy, June 1968 -- The big stumble: the Fortas Affair, June-October 1968 -- The tanks are rolling: Czechoslovakia crushed, August 1968 -- The perfect disaster: the Democratic National Convention, August 1968 -- Is this treason?: the October surprise that wasn't, October-December 1968 -- The last dance, January 1969 -- Conclusion. 20181029. Johnson, Lyndon B (Lyndon Baines) 1908-1973. Presidents United States Biography. Presidents United States Election 1968. United States Politics and government 1963-1969. Biographies. QS5