The A to Z of the Kennedy-Johnson Era

Burns (history, California State U., Los Angeles) and Siracusa (global studies, social science, and planning, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia) present a resource text covering a period in U.S. history regarded by many as the best and worst of times. Opening with a chronology followed by an introductory essay focusing on the two administrations and placing them in context, the text features a dictionary section with entries for key individuals, major events, path-breaking legislations adopted, and the economic, social, and cultural background to the period. Five appendices provide lists of officials, elections, and congresses; constitutional amendments; a sampling of addresses by Kennedy and Johnson; and the text of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. The text also contains a selected bibliography organized into 30 topic areas. Originally published in hardback under the title Historical dictionary of the Kennedy-Johnson era. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Richard Dean Burns is professor emeritus and former chair of the History Department at California State University, Los Angeles.

Joseph M. Siracusa is professor in the School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning, at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia, where he is a specialist in nuclear politics and global security.