Daisy Petals and Mushroom Clouds: Lbj, Barry Goldwater, and the AD That Changed American Politics Contributor(s): Mann, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 080714293X ISBN-13: 9780807142936 Publisher: LSU Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: November 2011 Click for more in this series: Voices of the South |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Political Science | Political Process - Campaigns & Elections - Political Science | American Government - Executive Branch |
Dewey: 324.730 |
LCCN: 2011016093 |
Series: Voices of the South |
Physical Information: 1.05" H x 5.74" W x 8.7" L (0.90 lbs) 216 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1960's - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents |
Awards: PROSE, Honorable Mention, Media/Cultural Studies, 2011 |
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Publisher Description: The grainy black-and-white television ad shows a young girl in a flower-filled meadow, holding a daisy and plucking its petals, which she counts one by one. As the camera slowly zooms in on her eye, a man's solemn countdown replaces hers. At zero the little girl's eye is engulfed by an atomic mushroom cloud. As the inferno roils in the background, President Lyndon B. Johnson's voice intones, These are the stakes -- to make a world in which all of God's children can live, or to go into the dark. We must either love each other, or we must die. |
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