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Kyle Longley, LBJ's 1968: Power, Politics, and the Presidency in America's Year of Upheaval (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018, £23.99). Pp. 361. isbn978 1 1071 9303 1. - Michael Schumacher, The Contest: The 1968 Election and the War for America's Soul (Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press, 2018, $34.95). Pp. 540. isbn978 0 8166 9289 7.

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Kyle Longley, LBJ's 1968: Power, Politics, and the Presidency in America's Year of Upheaval (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018, £23.99). Pp. 361. isbn978 1 1071 9303 1.

Michael Schumacher, The Contest: The 1968 Election and the War for America's Soul (Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press, 2018, $34.95). Pp. 540. isbn978 0 8166 9289 7.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 July 2020

PATRICK ANDELIC*
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Northumbria University

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1 Tom Lehrer, That Was the Year That Was (CD) (Warner Bros. Records Inc. & Rhino Entertainment Company, 2000; first published 1965).

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