Patterson, The Eve of Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America (2012)

James T. Patterson.
The Eve of Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America.
New York: Basic Books (Hachette Book Group), 2012.

Book information: Publisher; Book Website; Google Books; Amazon.com, hardcover; Amazon.com, paperback; GoodReads.

Book excerpt: "The era known as 'the Sixties' really began in 1965," Los Angeles Times, 17 December 2014.

Patterson's book is more focused than a wide ranging survey of a single year. The book considers the interaction of three evolving social-political stories during 1965 in the United States and is strongly centered on President Johnson. The treatment of other social and cultural trends is secondary to these three major themes:

• The African-American Civil Rights Movement.
• Legislative approval of President Johnson's domestic policy initiatives collectively known as the War on Poverty and the Great Society.
• President Johnson's escalation of U.S. war-making in Vietnam.

Author information and miscellaneous articles:

• James T. Patterson (b.1935), Wikipedia.
• James T. Patterson, "The Civil Rights Movement: Major Events and Legacies," History Now: The Journal of the Gilder Lehrman Institute, date?
• James T. Patterson, "50 Years Ago, the State of the Union Actually Meant Something," Time, 20 January 2015.
  Patterson usually writes much better than this. I imagine the editors at Time severely cut this essay to fit it into a small page space.

Video and Audio: James T. Patterson

• James T. Patterson and Daryl Michael Scott, "After Words with James Patterson," BookTV, C-SPAN, 14 November 2012
• James T. Patterson, "The Eve of Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America," Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, 28 January 2013.
  Event information at the Miller Center.
• John Hockenberry, "Audio Interview with James T. Patterson," The Takeaway, 3 December 2012. (8 minutes)
• Mindy Todd, "Audio Interview with James T. Patterson," The Point, WCAI, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 4 April 2013. (28 minutes)
• Scott MacKay, "Audio Interview with James T. Patterson," Rhode Island Public Radio, 22 November 2013. (8 minutes)
  James T. Patterson, "What if Kennedy had not been killed?" Providence Journal, 20 November 2013.
• John Batchelor, "Audio Interview with James T. Patterson," John Batchelor Show, 27 June 2015. (40 minutes)

Video: General Surveys, 1960s USA

• The Sixties: The Years That Shaped a Generation, Oregon Public Broadcasting, 2004.
  YouTube, copy 1; YouTube, copy 2.
  The Sixties, PBS program supplements webpage.
• David Hoffman, Making Sense of the Sixties, PBS, 1991.
  The Hoffman Collection: Archives
  IMDb; IMDb message: Series available at YouTube, with details.
  To make viewing this series easier on YouTube, I created this YouTube playlist.
  
  • Episode 1: "Seeds of the Sixties"
    Seeds of the Sixties, part 1 (Song Reveals Women In The 1950s)
    Seeds of the Sixties, part 2 ("Communists Caused Rock & Roll..." - Crazy Times)
  • Episode 2: "We Can Change the World"
    We Can Change the World, part 1 (The Early 60s - A Time Of "Innocence")
    We Can Change the World, part 2 (The Civil Rights Movement was Glorious)
  • Episode 3: "Breaking Boundaries, Testing Limits"
    Breaking Boundaries, Testing Limits, part 1 (Hippies Remember The Glory Days)
    Breaking Boundaries, Testing Limits, part 2 (How the 60s Changed America)
  • Episode 4: "In a Dark Time"
    In a Dark Time, part 1 (Vietnam Touched Off A Firestorm)
    In a Dark Time, part 2 (Americans Were Furious In 1968)
  • Episode 5: "Picking Up the Pieces"
    Picking Up the Pieces, part 1 (How Vietnam Affected America in 1968)
    Picking Up the Pieces, part 2 (They Never Forgot The 1960s)
  • Episode 6: "Legacies of the Sixties" -- not available on YouTube.
• The Century: America's Time, ABC News and History Channel, 1999:
  Episode 9, "1953-1960: Happy Days"
  Episode 10, "1960-1964: Poisoned Dreams"
  Episode 11, "1965-1970: Unpinned"
  Episode 12, "1971-1975: Approaching the Apocalypse"
  The Century: America's Time, Wikipedia
• People's Century, BBC and WGBH:
  Episode 16, "1957: Skin Deep," 1996.
  Episode 17, "1959: Endangered Planet," 1996.
  Episode 18, "1963: Picture Power," 1996.
  Episode 19, "1954: Living Longer," 1997.
  Episode 21, "1968: New Release," 1997.
  Episode 22, "1970: Half the People," 1997.
  Episode 23, "1975: War of the Flea," 1997.
  People's Century, Wikipedia.
  (Episode numbering from the Wikipedia article used above.)

Some Wikipedia Articles:

• 1960s.
• Year: 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966.
• Year in the United States: 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966.
• History of the United States (1945–64).
• History of the United States (1964-1980).
• New Deal liberalism.
• Modern liberalism in the United States: Great Society: 1964-68.
• Post–World War II economic expansion.
• Economic history of the United States: Postwar prosperity: 1945–1973.
• United States presidential election, 1964.
  Democratic candidates: Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973), U.S. President, November 1963 - January 1969; Hubert Humphrey (1911–1978).
  Republican candidates: Barry Goldwater (1909-1998); William E. Miller (1914–1983).
• 89th United States Congress, January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967.

Some notable people in the Johnson administration:

• Robert F. Kennedy (1925–1968); Attorney General, January 1961 – September 1964.
• Nicholas Katzenbach (1922–2012); Attorney General, February 1965 – October 1966.
• Ramsey Clark (b.1927); Attorney General, November 1966 – January 1969.
• Dean Rusk (1909–1994); Secretary of State, January 1961 – January 1969.
• Robert McNamara (1916–2009); Secretary of Defense, January 1961 – February 1968.
• McGeorge Bundy (1919–1996); National Security Advisor, January 1961 – February 1966.
• George Ball (1909–1994); Under Secretary of State, December 1961 – September 1966 (the highest level insider who argued against escalation in Vietnam).
• Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003); Assistant Secretary of Labor, 1961-1965.
• Bill Moyers (b.1927); Special Assistant to President Johnson, 1963-1967; White House Press Secretary, July 1965 – January 1967.
• Joseph A. Califano, Jr. (b.1931); various Department of Defense positions 1961-1965; Special Assistant to President Johnson, July 1965 - January 1969.
• Richard N. Goodwin (b.1934); Special Assistant to President Johnson, 1964 - 1965.
• Jack Valenti (1921–2007); Special Assistant to President Johnson.
• Clark Clifford (1906–1998); President's Intelligence Advisory Board, 1961-1968; Secretary of Defense, February 1968 – January 1969.
• Sargent Shriver (1915-2011); Director of the Peace Corps, March 1961 – February 1966; Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), October 1964 – March 1968.

Some major events:

• Cold War, 1947-1991.
  Cold War (1962–79).
• Vietnam War.
  Role of the United States in the Vietnam War.
  Role of the United States in the Vietnam War: Americanization.
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• African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68).
• Selma to Montgomery marches, March 1965.
• Watts riots, August 1965.
  Dayana De La Torre, Watts Uprising, Gangsta Nation blog, Contextualizing the Formation of the Crips in Post-1965 Los Angeles, Department of Africana Studies, Williams College, 2013.
• List of riots: 1960s.

Policy and Legislation:

• Great Society.
• War on Poverty.

Some major legislation of this period includes:

• Civil Rights Act of 1964, July 1964.
• Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, August 1964.
• Food Stamp Act of 1964, August 1964.
• Elementary and Secondary Education Act, April 1965.
• Social Security Amendments of 1965, July 1965 (created Medicare and Medicaid).
• Voting Rights Act of 1965, August 1965.
• National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, September 1965 (created the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities).
• Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, October 1965.
• Higher Education Act of 1965, November 1965.
• Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, November 1967.

Some notable U.S. Supreme Court decisions:

• Stanford v. Texas, January 1965.
• Freedman v. Maryland, March 1965 (on film censorship).
• Griswold v. Connecticut, June 1965 (on contraception and right to privacy).
• Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections, March 1966 (banned poll taxes in state elections).
• South Carolina v. Katzenbach, March 1966.
• Memoirs v. Massachusetts, March 1966 (on obscenity).
• United States v. Guest, March 1966.
• United States v. Price, March 1966 (also known as the "Mississippi Burning trial"). See also Mississippi civil rights workers' murders.
• Katzenbach v. Morgan, June 1966.
• Miranda v. Arizona, June 1966.
• Schmerber v. California, June 1966.
• Bond v. Floyd, December 1966.
• See also List of landmark court decisions in the United States.

Documents: Video, Audio, Speeches, Reports, Essays, etc.

• The Tragic Death of President Kennedy, US Information Agency, MP212, LBJ Library.
• "C-SPAN Short Subject: 1963 Kennedy-Johnson Transition," C-SPAN, 12 December 1989.
  This is a 1963 newsreel, about 4 minutes long.
• President Johnson, "Address before Joint Session of Congress," 27 November 1963.
  Video at YouTube, MP505, LBJ Library.
  Text of speech, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
• President Johnson, "1964 State of the Union Address," 08 January 1964.
  Video at YouTube, CBS, MP503, LBJ Library.
  Video at C-SPAN.
  Text of speech, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  Johnson calls for a "War on Poverty".
• "The Poverty Tours," MP791, April-May, 1964.
  Campaigning for a "War on Poverty".
• President Johnson, "Remarks at the University of Michigan," 22 May 1964.
  Audio at YouTube (complete), LBJ Library.
  Video at YouTube (color, B Roll, poor audio), LBJ Library.
  Text of speech, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  An early discussion of the "Great Society".
• Malcolm X and Robert Penn Warren, Interview of Malcolm X, [Vanderbilt University; YouTube], 02 June 1964.
  Malcolm X (1925-1965).
  Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989).
  This interview is one of many that Robert Penn Warren conducted during 1963-1965 for his book Who Speaks for the Negro? first published in 1965 and recently reprinted in 2014. Robert Penn Warren's many other interviews with leaders of the civil rights movement and other African-American cultural leaders are available at the book's website at Vanderbilt University.
  Robert Penn Warren's Who Speaks for the Negro?: An Archival Collection, Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities and Jean and Alexander Heard Library, Vanderbilt University.
  Who Speaks for the Negro?, Yale University Press, 2014.
  Amazon.com, 2014 edition.
  Who Speaks for the Negro?, Wikipedia.
• President Johnson, "Radio and Television Remarks Upon Signing the Civil Rights Bill," 02 July 1964.
  Video at YouTube, CBS, MP525, LBJ Library.
  Text of speech, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  Civil Rights Act of 1964.
• President Johnson, "Vietnam Address," 04 August 1964.
  Video at YouTube, CBS, MP498, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  Gulf of Tonkin incident, 2 August 1964, Wikipedia.
  Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, August 1964, Wikipedia.
• "Daisy," Johnson Presidential Campaign Advertisement, 1964.
• 1964 Johnson vs. Goldwater, Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2012, The Living Room Candidate, Museum of the Moving Image.
  This website has many campaign advertisements from both the Johnson and the Goldwater campaigns.
• Ronald Reagan, "Reagan Campaign Address for Goldwater," ("A Time for Choosing"), Reel America, American History TV, C-SPAN, 27 October 1964.
  Ronald Reagan (1911–2004); Governor of California, January 1967 – January 1975.
  "A Time for Choosing," Wikipedia.
  "A Time for Choosing," AmericanRhetoric.com.
  Text at Reagan Library.
  Reagan speeches at Miller Center.
• President Johnson, "1965 State of the Union Address," 04 January 1965.
  Video at YouTube, CBS, MP504, LBJ Library.
  Video at C-SPAN.
  Text of speech, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
• Telephone Conversation between President Johnson and Martin Luther King, Jr., 15 January 1965.
  Part 1 of 2; Part 2 of 2.
  LBJ Library Citation No. 6736 and 6737.
  Discussion of legislative agenda, executive branch appointments, voting in the South, including the strategy of finding the worst place in the South where voting rights have been denied, in order to highlight the need for a federal law enforcing the right to vote.
• Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey, "Inauguration of the President and Vice President," 20 January 1965.
  Video at YouTube, MP802, LBJ Library.
  Video at C-SPAN.
  Text of speech, LBJ Library.
• President Johnson, "News Conference," 04 February 1965.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
• Malcolm X, Interview, Front Page Challenge, CBC, 1965.
  Malcolm X (1925-1965).
• Telephone Conversation between President Johnson and Adam Clayton Powell, 01 March 1965.
  Audio at YouTube, LBJ Library Citation No. 7007.
  Patterson discusses this phone conversation on pages 54 through 60 of The Eve of Destruction.
  Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
  Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (1908-1972); Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, January 1945 - January 1971.
• President Johnson's Meeting with Governor George Wallace, 13 March 1965.
  Video at YouTube, MP538, LBJ Library.
  "The President's News Conference," Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
• President Johnson, "Special Message to the Congress: The American Promise," 15 March 1965.
  On recent events in Selma, Alabama and the Voting Rights Act.
  Video at YouTube, MP506, LBJ Library.
  Text of speech, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  Selma to Montgomery marches: Response to second march.
• Telephone Conversation between President Johnson and George Wallace, 18 March 1965.
  Part 1 of 3; Part 2 of 3; Part 3 of 3.
  LBJ Library Citation No.: 7094; 7095; 7096.
• President Johnson, "News Conference," 20 March 1965
  Video at YouTube, MP513, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  
  Civil rights: Selma to Montgomery marches:
  "Bloody Sunday" was March 7.
  "Turnaround Tuesday" was March 9.
  On Sunday March 21 the march from Selma to Montgomery began with protection by the U.S. Army, the Alabama National Guard under Federal command, FBI agents and Federal Marshals.
  
  Vietnam War:
  Joint warfare in South Vietnam, 1963–69: 1964–65 winter offensive.
  Camp Holloway, near Pleiku, was attacked on 6-7 February.
  Retaliatory bombings in North Vietnam and South Vietnam occurred 7-24 February.
  On March 2 Operation Rolling Thunder began.
  On March 8, 3500 combat troops arrived at Da Nang to provide security.
• Martin Luther King Jr., "Our God is Marching On!" (informally titled "How Long, Not Long"), Montgomery, Alabama, 25 March 1965.
  Video at YouTube: Beginning of speech; Conclusion of speech.
  Audio at YouTube: Part 1 of 6; Part 2 of 6; Part 3 of 6; Part 4 of 6; Part 5 of 6; Part 6 of 6.
  "How Long, Not Long," Wikipedia.
  "Our God is Marching On!" (another link), The Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute, Stanford University.
  Selma to Montgomery marches: March to Montgomery, Wikipedia.
  Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968).
• President Johnson, "Statement on the Arrest of Four Ku Klux Klan Members in Connection with the Slaying of Mrs. Viola Liuzzo," 26 March 1965.
  Video at YouTube, MP551, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  Viola Liuzzo (1925-1965).
• Daniel Patrick Moynihan, The Negro Family: The Case For National Action, March 1965.
  Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003), Wikipedia.
  The Negro Family: The Case For National Action, Wikipedia.
  The Negro Family: The Case For National Action, United States Department of Labor.
  Moynihan's The Negro Family, PDF with tables and figures.
• President Johnson, "Peace Without Conquest," Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 07 April 1965.
  Video at YouTube, MP549, LBJ Library.
  Text of speech, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  Joint warfare in South Vietnam, 1963–69: 1964–65 winter offensive, Wikipedia.
  Role of the United States in the Vietnam War: Americanization, Wikipedia.
• President Johnson, "Signing of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act," Johnson City, Texas, 11 April 1965.
  Audio at YouTube, WHCA285-1, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
• Martin Luther King Jr., Speech, University of California, Los Angeles, 27 April 1965.
  Selma to Montgomery marches, March 1965.
  Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968).
• President Johnson, "To Fulfill These Rights," Commencement Speech at Howard University, Washington, D.C., 04 June 1965.
  Video at YouTube, MP2265-66, LBJ Library.
  Text of speech, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  "Freedom is not enough."
• President Johnson, "News Conference," Washington, D.C., 28 July 1965.
  Video at YouTube, MP550, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  In this news conference Johnson announced the first major escalation of the Vietnam War, although smaller escalations in troop numbers had been occurring for more than a year and Operation Rolling Thunder had begun in March 1965.
  Role of the United States in the Vietnam War: Americanization, Wikipedia.
• President Johnson and President Truman, "Remarks with President Truman at the Signing of the Medicare Bill," Independence, Missouri, 30 July 1965.
  Video at YouTube, MP330 and MP334, LBJ Library (the first 30 minutes of this video lacks sound; the segment with audio begins here).
  Text of speech, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  Social Security Amendments of 1965, Wikipedia.
• President Johnson, "Voting Rights Act of 1965 Speech and Bill Signing," 06 August 1965.
  Video at YouTube, MP544, LBJ Library.
  Video at C-SPAN.
  Text of speech, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  Voting Rights Act of 1965, Wikipedia.
• Barry McGuire, "Eve of Destruction," Hullabaloo, NBC, 20 September 1965.
  Eve of Destruction (song), Wikipedia.
• President Johnson, "Remarks at the Signing of the Immigration Bill," Liberty Island, New York, 03 October 1965.
  Audio at YouTube, WHCA 366-1, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, Wikipedia.
• Morely Safer and Walter Cronkite, "The Battle of Ia Drang Valley," CBS News Special Report, Reel America, American History TV, C-SPAN, 30 November 1965.
  A copy on YouTube.
  Battle of Ia Drang Valley, October - November 1965, Wikipedia.
• "Watts: Riot or Revolt?" CBS Reports, CBS News, Reel America, American History TV, C-SPAN, 07 December 1965.
  Watts riots, 11-17 August 1965, Wikipedia.
• A Charlie Brown Christmas, CBS, 09 December 1965.
  A Charlie Brown Christmas, Wikipedia.
• A Bob Hope Comedy Special, NBC, 15 December 1965.
• President Johnson, "1966 State of the Union Address," 12 January 1966.
  Video at YouTube, MP562, LBJ Library.
  Text of speech, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
• President Johnson, "Address to the Nation," 31 March 1968.
  Video at YouTube, MP600, LBJ Library.
  Transcript, The American Presidency Project, UCSB.
  ("The President's Address to the Nation Announcing Steps To Limit the War in Vietnam and Reporting His Decision Not To Seek Reelection.")
• Lyndon Johnson, "Remarks by Former President Lyndon Johnson at a Civil Rights Symposium," Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, Austin, Texas, 12 December 1972.
  Video at YouTube, LBJ Library.
  Video at C-SPAN, Reel America, American History TV, C-SPAN.
  Johnson's last public speech.
• Search Google Images for David Levine Lyndon Johnson 1966.
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• Eyes on the Prize, PBS, 1987; 1990.
  Series 1: Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years 1954–1964, 1987.
  Series 2: Eyes on the Prize: America at the Racial Crossroads 1965–1985, 1990.
  Eyes on the Prize, American Experience, WGBH, PBS.
  Eyes on the Prize, Wikipedia.
  
  Excerpt from Eyes on the Prize about the Selma to Montgomery March, YouTube.
  
  Search YouTube for Eyes on the Prize.
  
  The Selma and Montgomery Civil Rights Battles, compilation of newsreels, YouTube.
  
  Stefan Sharff, Selma - Montgomery March, 21-25 March 1965, YouTube.
• George F. Will, "Looking back to 1965," The Public Interest, Fall 1995.
• Jon Margolis, The Last Innocent Year: America in 1964, New York: William Morrow, 1999.
  [Google Books; Amazon.com, hardback; Amazon.com, paperback.]
  
  1964 (documentary website), American Experience, WGBH, 2014.
  Search YouTube for American Experience 1964.
  
  1964 in the United States.
• Ramsey Clark, "Interview," Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, Oral Histories, American History TV, C-SPAN, 09 January 2003.
  Ramsey Clark (b.1927); U.S. Assistant Attorney General (Lands Division), 1961-1965; U.S. Deputy Attorney General, January 1965 – March 1967; U.S. Attorney General, November 1966 – January 1969.

Video: C-SPAN

• Joseph A. Califano Jr., Robert Caro, and others, "Life Portrait of Lyndon B. Johnson," American Presidents, C-SPAN, 12 November 1999.
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• Marisa Chappell, "Civil Rights and the War on Poverty," Oregon State University, Corvallis, Lectures in History, C-SPAN, 19 May 2014.
• Lily Geismer, Robert O. Self, Julian E. Zelizer, Bruce J. Schulman (moderator), David Farber (commenter), "Rethinking the Election of 1964," Organization of American Historians, Atlanta, Georgia, American History TV, C-SPAN, 10 April 2014.
  Books by the presenters:
  • Lily Geismer, Don't Blame Us: Suburban Liberals and the Transformation of the Democratic Party, Princeton University Press, 2014.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Robert O. Self, All in the Family: The Realignment of American Democracy Since the 1960s, New York: Hill and Wang (Macmillan), 2012.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Julian E. Zelizer, The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society, New York: Penguin Press, 2015.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
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• Robert Dallek, "The Character of President Johnson," LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin, C-SPAN, 20 March 1995.
  
  • Robert Dallek, Lone Star Rising: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1908-1960, Oxford University Press, 1991.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Robert Dallek, Flawed Giant: Lyndon B. Johnson and His Times, 1961-1973, Oxford University Press, 1998.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
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• Kent Germany and Michele Rubin (introduced by Gerald L. Baliles and Marc J. Selverstone), "The Relationship Between Martin Luther King, Jr. and Lyndon B. Johnson," Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, American History TV, C-SPAN, 19 January 2011.
  The event title at the Miller Center is different from the one used by C-SPAN: "King: In His Own Words." This event webpage also has links to download video and audio.
  Selma, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Lyndon Johnson Tapes, Presidential Classroom, Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia.
  Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973), American President: A Reference Resource, Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia.
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• Max Sherman, James K. Galbraith, Elspeth Rostow (moderator), Rodney Ellis, Thomas Ferguson, Charles Murray, John E. Schwarz, Charls Walker, "The Great Society Legislative Programs," Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, Austin, Texas, American History TV, C-SPAN, 04 May 1990.
  Note that the C-SPAN video is a recording of a 1992 broadcast of a 1990 event. The C-SPAN voice-over introduction refers to the 1992 Los Angeles riots, April-May 1992.
  The viewer should not expect a straight-forward recounting and exposition of Great Society legislative programs; the panelists are more focused on the contemporary welfare issues of 1990. Questions from the audience are posed by, among others, Henry H. Fowler and Bill Moyers.
  Max Sherman (b.1935).
  James K. Galbraith (b.1952).
  Elspeth Rostow (1917-2007).
  Rodney Ellis (b.1954).
  Thomas Ferguson (b.1949).
  Charles Murray (b.1943).
  John E. Schwarz (b.1939).
  Charls Walker (1923–2015).
• Tom Wicker, Jack Valenti, Sargent Shriver, John W. Gardner; followed by a panel discussion with Douglass Cater, Liz Carpenter, George Christian, Bill Moyers, J.J. Pickle, Elspeth Rostow, "L.B.J.: Setting the Stage," 25th Anniversary Symposium, Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, Austin, Texas, C-SPAN, 07 May 1990.
  Tom Wicker describes the United States in the early 1960s.
  Jack Valenti denounces Robert Caro and praises Lyndon Johnson.
  Sargent Shriver gives a rousing wide-ranging speech.
  John W. Gardner reviews Great Society and War on Poverty programs and explains the achievement of Lyndon Johnson.
  As a discussion of historical topics this video is much better than the 04 May 1990 video above.
  Douglass Cater (1923-1995).
  Liz Carpenter (1920-2010).
  George Christian (1927–2002).
  J.J. Pickle (1913–2005).
• Vernon Jordan, Rudolfo Fuentes, Albert Martine, Vernon Sykes, Barbara Jordan, LBJ: The Difference He Made, Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, Austin, Texas, C-SPAN, 05 May 1990.
  Vernon Jordan (b.1935).
  Vernon Sykes (b.1951).
  Barbara Jordan (1936–1996).
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• Dennis Prager, "Impact of Great Society Policies of 1960's," ("The Grim Harvest of the Great Society’s War on Responsibility"), The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C., C-SPAN, 26 May 1992.
  Contrast this talk with the 05 May 1990 panel above. Mr. Prager is exploiting the 1992 Los Angeles riots, April-May 1992, to attack his political opponents. At no time does he mention any Great Society policies. Note that, similar to Reagan's 1964 speech, Prager does not discuss the facts of poverty; instead the conservatives' discourse is limited to vague philosophy and us-versus-them attacks. The same pattern of discourse was seen more recently during consideration of the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare").
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• Harry McPherson, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Haynes Johnson, Michael Beschloss, Robert Dallek, "Lyndon Johnson 30 Years Later," Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, BookTV, C-SPAN, 14 May 1999.
  Books by the speakers:
  • Doris Kearns Goodwin, Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream, New York: Harper & Row, 1976; New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991; Open Road Media, 2015.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Haynes Johnson and Richard Harwood, Lyndon, Henry Holt & Company, Inc. or Praeger Publishers Inc., 1973.
    [Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Michael Beschloss, editor, Taking Charge: The Johnson White House Tapes, 1963-1964, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Michael Beschloss, editor, Reaching for Glory: Lyndon Johnson's Secret White House Tapes, 1964-1965, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Robert Dallek, Lone Star Rising: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1908-1960, Oxford University Press, 1991.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Robert Dallek, Flawed Giant: Lyndon B. Johnson and His Times, 1961-1973, Oxford University Press, 1998.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
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• Roger Wilkins and Brian Lamb, "Lyndon Johnson and Civil Rights," Washington Journal, C-SPAN, 08 November 1999.
  The sound quality of this video improves after a few minutes.
  Roger Wilkins (b.1932).
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• Joan Growe, Walter Mondale, Michael Beschloss, John Culver, Charles D. Ferris, George McGovern, "89th Congress, Lyndon Johnson and the Warren Court," Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, C-SPAN, 09 April 2003.
  89th United States Congress, January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967.
  Joan Growe (b.1935).
  Walter Mondale (b.1928); U.S. Senator from Minnesota, December 1964 – December 1976; U.S. Vice-President, January 1977 – January 1981.
  Michael Beschloss (b.1955).
  
  • Michael Beschloss, editor, Taking Charge: The Johnson White House Tapes, 1963-1964, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Michael Beschloss, editor, Reaching for Glory: Lyndon Johnson's Secret White House Tapes, 1964-1965, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  John Culver (b.1932); Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa, January 1965 – January 1975; U.S. Senator from Iowa, January 1975 – January 1981.
  Charles D. Ferris (b.1931); Office of the Majority Leader, U.S. Senate Chief Counsel, December 1963 - January 1977; Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, October 1977 - February 1981. Ferris describes the drafting of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
  George McGovern (1922–2012); U.S. Senator from South Dakota, January 1963 – January 1981.
  Hubert Humphrey (1911–1978); U.S. Senator from Minnesota, January 1949 – December 1964 and January 1971 – January 1978; U.S. Vice-President, January 1965 – January 1969.
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• Joseph Califano, "Legacy of President Lyndon Johnson," Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, Kaiser Family Foundation Barbara Jordan Conference Center, Washington, D.C., C-SPAN, 19 May 2008.
  Joseph A. Califano, Jr. (b.1931); Special Assistant to President Johnson, July 1965 - January 1969.
• Harry J. Middleton, Michael Beschloss, Bill Moyers, James R. Jones, Harry McPherson, Joseph Califano, "Legacy of President Lyndon Johnson," Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, National Archives, Washington, D.C., C-SPAN, 20 May 2008.
  Harry J. Middleton (b.1921); Speech Writer and Staff Assistant, 1967-1969.
  Michael Beschloss (b.1955).
  Bill Moyers (b.1934); Special Assistant to President Johnson, 1963-1967; White House Press Secretary, July 1965 – January 1967.
  James R. Jones (b.1939); Chief of Staff to President Johnson, 1965 - January 1969.
  Harry McPherson (1929–2012); Special Counsel to President Johnson, 1965-1969.
  Joseph A. Califano, Jr. (b.1931); Special Assistant to President Johnson, July 1965 - January 1969.
  Richard Russell, Jr. (1897–1971); U.S. Senator from Georgia, January 1933 – January 1971.
  Everett Dirksen (1896–1969); U.S. Senator from Illinois, January 1951 – September 1969.
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• James R. Jones, "President Johnson's War on Poverty," Washington Journal, C-SPAN, 05 January 2014.
  James R. Jones (b.1939); Appointments Secretary (Chief of Staff) to President Johnson, 1965 - January 1969; Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma, January 1973 – January 1987.
• Michael Tanner and Melissa Boteach, "President Johnson's War on Poverty," Washington Journal, C-SPAN, 12 January 2014.
  Melissa Boteach, et al., The War on Poverty: Then and Now, Center for American Progress, January 2014.
• Todd Purdum and Wendell Pritchett, "The Political Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964," National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, American History TV, C-SPAN, 02 April 2014.
  Civil Rights Act of 1964.
  Todd Purdum, An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Two Presidents, Two Parties, and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964, New York: Henry Holt and Co. (Macmillan), 2014; Picador (Macmillan), 2015.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com, 2014 edition; Amazon.com, 2015 edition.]
• Todd Purdum, Juan Williams, David L. Chappell, "Panel Discussion on the Civil Rights Movement," Annapolis Book Festival, C-SPAN, 05 April 2014.
  Books by the panelists:
  
  • Todd Purdum, An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Two Presidents, Two Parties, and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964, New York: Henry Holt and Co. (Macmillan), 2014; Picador (Macmillan), 2015.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com, 2014 edition; Amazon.com, 2015 edition.]
  • Juan Williams, Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965, Penguin Books, 1987; 2013.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • David L. Chappell, Waking from the Dream: The Struggle for Civil Rights in the Shadow of Martin Luther King, Jr., New York: Random House, 2014.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Taylor Branch, Joseph A. Califano Jr., Doris Kearns Goodwin, Todd S. Purdum, Andrew Young, "President Johnson and Martin Luther King, Jr.," Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, American History TV, C-SPAN, 09 April 2014.
• Timothy Thurber and Judson MacLaury, "50th Anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act," Organization of American Historians, Atlanta, Georgia, American History TV, C-SPAN, 11 April 2014.
  Civil Rights Act of 1964.
  Books mentioned:
  
  • Judson MacLaury, To Advance their Opportunities: Federal Policies Toward African American Workers from World War I to the Civil Right Act of 1964, Knoxville, Tennessee: Newfound Press, University of Tennessee Libraries, 2008; 2014.
    [Publisher (Free Download!); Amazon.com.]
  • Timothy N. Thurber, Republicans and Race: The GOP's Frayed Relationship with African Americans, 1945-1974, Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2013.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Roger Mudd, Andy Glass, Donald Ritchie, "The Media and the Civil Rights Act of 1964," U.S. Senate Historical Office, American History TV, C-SPAN, 25 June 2014.
  Civil Rights Act of 1964.
  Roger Mudd (b.1928).
  Andrew Glass, Politico.
• Robert Woodson and Michael Lind, "LBJ's Great Society and War on Poverty," Washington Journal, C-SPAN, 17 August 2014.
  Robert Woodson (b.1937).
  Michael Lind (b.1962).
• Nicole Austin-Hillery and Hans Von Spakovsky, "LBJ's Great Society and the Voting Rights Act of 1965," Washington Journal, C-SPAN, 17 August 2014.
  Voting Rights Act of 1965.
  Shelby County v. Holder, 2013.
  Nicole Austin-Hillery, The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law.
  Hans A. Von Spakovsky (b.1959); Wikipedia; The Heritage Foundation.
  The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.
• Ulrich Boser and Darleen Opfer, "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," Washington Journal, C-SPAN, 18 August 2014.
  Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
  Ulrich Boser, Center for American Progress.
  V. Darleen Opfer, RAND Education.
• Patricia de Stacy Harrison, "Public Broadcasting Act of 1967," Washington Journal, C-SPAN, 19 August 2014.
  Public Broadcasting Act of 1967.
  Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
  Patricia Harrison, president and CEO of CPB since June 2005.
• Tom Scully, "Medicare and Medicaid Acts of 1965," Washington Journal, C-SPAN, 19 August 2014.
  Social Security Amendments of 1965.
  Thomas A. Scully.
• Marian Smith, "Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965," Washington Journal, C-SPAN, 20 August 2014.
  Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965.
  History of immigration to the United States.
  Immigration and Citizenship Data at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
  Genealogy at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
• Jeff Holmstead and Robin Juni, "Air Quality Act of 1967," Washington Journal, C-SPAN, 21 August 2014.
  The Air Quality Act of 1967 amended and expanded the Clean Air Act of 1963, with further significant amendments in 1970, 1977, 1990.
  Jeffrey R. Holmstead, Bracewell LLP.
  Robin L. Juni, The George Washington University Law School.
~~~
• Lawrence Levinson, Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, Bob Schieffer, Mark K. Updegrove, "Medicare and Medicaid 50th Anniversary," Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, Aspen Institute, American History TV, C-SPAN, 15 April 2015.
  Social Security Amendments of 1965.
  Bob Schieffer (b.1937).
  Lynda Bird Johnson Robb (b.1944).
  Mark K. Updegrove (b.1961).
• Gary May, "Selma and the Voting Rights Act of 1965," Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., American History TV, C-SPAN, 07 July 2015.
  Gary May, Bending Toward Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy, New York: Basic Books (Perseus Books Group), 2013; Duke University Press, 2014.
  [Publisher, Basic Books; Publisher, Duke University Press; Google Books; Amazon.com, 2013 edition; Amazon.com, 2014 edition.]
  Gary May, "Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’," The Daily Beast, 02 January 2015.
• Joseph Califano and Kent Germany, "Voting Rights Act of 1965," American History TV, C-SPAN, 08 July 2015.
  Lyndon B. Johnson White House Recordings, Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia.
  Books:
  
  • Joseph A. Califano, Jr., The Triumph & Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson: The White House Years, 1991; New York: Touchstone (Simon & Schuster), 2015.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Kent Germany, et al., editors, The Presidential Recordings, Lyndon B. Johnson: Volumes 1-3, The Kennedy Assassination and the Transfer of Power: November 1963 - January 1964, W. W. Norton & Company, 2005.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Kent Germany, et al., editors, The Presidential Recordings, Lyndon B. Johnson: Volumes 4-6, Towards the Great Society: February 1, 1964 - May 31, 1964, W. W. Norton & Company, 2007.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  • Kent Germany, et al., editors, The Presidential Recordings, Lyndon B. Johnson: Volumes 7-8, Mississippi Burning and the Passage of the Civil Rights Act: June 1, 1964 - July 4, 1964, W. W. Norton & Company, 2011.
    [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Ari Berman, Donna Brazile, Spencer R. Crew, Sherrilyn Ifill, Janai Nelson, Henry "Hank" Sanders, "1965 Voting Rights Act: Then and Now," National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, American History TV, C-SPAN, 21 July 2015.
  NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
  Shelby County v. Holder, 2013.
  Voting Rights Act of 1965.
  Spencer Crew, George Mason University.
  Henry "Hank" Sanders (b.1942); Alabama State Senator, 1983 - present.
  Donna Brazile (b.1959); Vice Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee.
  Sherrilyn Ifill, NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
  Janai Nelson, NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
  Ari Berman; Ari Berman at The Nation.
  Ari Berman, Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Macmillan), 2015.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• Thomas A. Saenz, Mark Schickman, Hans A. Von Spakovsky, Maxine Waters, Andrea Zopp, "Voting Rights Act 50th Anniversary," American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, C-SPAN, 01 August 2015.
  Voting Rights Act of 1965.
  Shelby County v. Holder, 2013.
  Maxine Waters (b.1938); Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California since January 1991.
  Hans A. Von Spakovsky (b.1959); Wikipedia; The Heritage Foundation.
  Thomas A. Saenz, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF).
  Andrea Zopp, former President & CEO of the Chicago Urban League and former Chicago Board of Education member.
  Mark Schickman, Freeland Cooper & Foreman LLP.
  Center for Racial and Ethnic Diversity, American Bar Association.
  Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession, American Bar Association.
• Nicole Austin-Hillery and Hans Von Spakovsky, "50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act," Washington Journal, C-SPAN, 08 August 2015.
  Voting Rights Act of 1965.
  Shelby County v. Holder, 2013.
  Nicole Austin-Hillery, The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law.
  Hans A. Von Spakovsky (b.1959); Wikipedia; The Heritage Foundation.
  The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.

Book Reviews:

• John Wilson, "The Eve of Destruction: Historian James Patterson argues that 1965 'transformed America'," Books & Culture, December 2012.
  Wilson refers to this previous article of his in which he comments on Patterson's (inadequate) historical analysis of religion in America:
  John Wilson, "The Sixties, Revisited," Books & Culture, 8 October 2007.
• David M. Shribman, "Book Review," Boston Globe, 8 December 2012.
• John Steele Gordon, "When the Sixties Began," The Wall Street Journal, 23 December 2012. (subscription required)
• Howard A. Doughty, "Review," College Quarterly, Volume 16, Number 1, Winter 2013.
  Good comments on the weaknesses of single year history.
• Jonathan Yardley, "Opinions," The Washington Post, 18 January 2013.
• Alan Stein, "The Destruction of a Presidency," Z e t e o: The Journal of Interdisciplinary Writing, 21 January 2013.
  Makes a strong argument against Patterson's interpretation of 1965, that significant change in U.S. culture/society occurred before 1965, perhaps by 1963 or 1960.
  "My contention is that 1965 was more a turning point for the Johnson presidency than for the country, above all because he chose to fight a war that he had campaigned against fighting. Ultimately it was the war that undermined the Great Society and shifted the focus away from anything that had been accomplished on the domestic front, deeply dividing the country and creating the “generation gap” and “credibility gap” from which Johnson never recovered."
• Mark Gardner, "Review," A History Garden, 26 January 2013.
• Gary Anderson, "Book Review," The Washington Times, 20 February 2013.
  Good highlighting of Johnson's hubris.
• Marc Leepson, "Books in Review," The VVA Veteran, 8 March 2013.
• Sarah Brady Siff, "Capturing a Moment," Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective, Department of History, Ohio State University, May 2013.
• Jeffrey Aaron Snyder, "Review," History News Network, 8 May 2013.
• Pope "Mac" McCorkle, "The 1960s, Liberalism, Conservatism, and President Obama," Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, 17 June 2013.
  A good discussion on limits in U.S. domestic and foreign policy and the perils of ignoring limits, both in the 1960s and more recently.
• Marilyn Howard, "Book Review," Free Press, 8 July 2013.
• Maurice Isserman, "Book Review," Law and History Review, Volume 31, Issue 3, pages 643-644, August 2013. (subscription required)
• Michael Kazin, "Book Review," Journal of American History, Volume 100, Number 3, pages 913-914, 2013.
  (subscription required; preview displays first page of two page review)
• Joe Austin, "Review," History: Reviews of New Books, Volume 42, Issue 1, January 2014.
• Maarten Zwiers, "Review," American Studies, Volume 53, Number 2, pages 201-202, 2014.
  (subscription required; however the free excerpt may contain the entire review)
• Enrico Beltramini, "Review," [PDF] 49th Parallel, Volume 34, Autumn 2014.
• Dan Jensen, "1965: The Real Beginning of the Tumultuous 60's," Mr. Jensen's U.S. History Website, 24 January 2015.
  This is a useful summary of the book, not a critical review.
• Stephen M. Krason, "1965: The Dawn of Our Current Age," Crisis Magazine, 5 June 2015.
  A conservative Roman Catholic review.

Other books by James T. Patterson noted in this blog:

• Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974 (1996).
• Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore (2005).

Other books on the 1960s noted in this blog:

• Farber, The Age of Great Dreams: America in the 1960s (1994).
  This post has many links to lectures organized by topic.
• Gitlin, The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage (1993).
• Bray, 1965: The Year Modern Britain Was Born (2014).

Bray, 1965: The Year Modern Britain Was Born (2014)

Christopher Bray.
1965: The Year Modern Britain Was Born.
London: Simon & Schuster U.K., 2014.

Book information: Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.co.uk; Amazon.com.

Author information:

• Christopher Bray at The Guardian.
• Christopher Bray at The Spectator.
• Christopher Bray at The Daily Beast.
• Christopher Bray at Linkedin.

Book Reviews:

• David Lister, "Book Review: The Sixties didn't begin when we think they did – or so this revisionist cultural history claims," The Independent, 17 April 2014.
• Dominic Sandbrook, "Review," The Sunday Times, 27 April 2014. (subscription required)
• Iain Morris, "Review: analysis of a revolution: A combination of arts criticism and political commentary demonstrates why the events of the 1960s are still relevant," The Observer, 28 April 2014.
• Roger Lewis, "The groovy time good old Britain died," Daily Mail, 1 May 2014.
• Tom Slater, "1965: The Year Everything (Almost) Changed: The Sixties offered more questions than answers, but the optimism of that decade is worth celebrating," Spiked Online, 9 May 2014.
• Jonathan Mirsky, "Naked Truths," Literary Review, Issue 421, June 2014. (subscription required)
• David Marx, "Book Review," David Marx : Book Reviews, 20 July 2014.
• Alan Glynn, "It Was a Very Good Year," Los Angeles Review of Books, 1 November 2014.
  Discusses some of the problems with single year books.
• Victoria Segal, "Review: While more famously cosmic or revolutionary years followed, Bray believes 1965 ‘gave us a new tomorrow’ as this fascinating survey shows," The Guardian, 23 January 2015.

Video and Lectures: 1960s Britain

• James Vernon, "Lecture 24," History 151C, The Peculiar Modernity of Britain, 1848-2000, University of California, Berkeley, Fall 2011.
  Prof. Vernon discusses the 1960s in this lecture from a course on Modern Britain (course description; YouTube playlist). Note that he comments on the arbitrary device of using decades to study change in human societies.
• Dominic Sandbrook, "The Lost World of 1962," Gresham College, London, 5 July 2012.
  Lecture webpage at Gresham College.
  Sandbrook sees 1962 as a hinge year.
• 'Annus Mirabilis', a poem by Philip Larkin (1922–1985).
  Or perhaps we should view 1963 as the hinge year? (Larkin, a source for a few comments in Bray's narrative, is never a focus of attention in Bray's book.)
• The 60s: The Beatles Decade, UKTV History, 2006.
  Episode 1: "Teenage Rebels: 1960-1962" (copy 1, copy 2)
  Episode 2: "Sex, Spies and Rock and Roll: 1962-1964" (copy 1, copy 2)
  Episode 3: "Swinging Britain: 1965-1966" (copy 1, copy 2)
  Episode 4: "Street Fighting Years: 1967-1968" (copy 1, copy 2)
  Episode 5: "The Party's Over: 1969 - 1970" (copy 1, copy 2)

Some Wikipedia Articles:

• 1965 in the United Kingdom.
• 1960s.
• History of the United Kingdom (1945–present).
• Social history of England: 1960s.
• Culture of the United Kingdom.

Wikipedia Articles, YouTube, etc. - Organized by Book Chapter

Chapter 1: In which our stage is set

• Winston Churchill (1874-1965).
• T. S. Eliot (1888-1965).
• Modernism.
  Modernist poetry in English.
• These quotes from Chapter One summarize Bray's view of 1965 as a turning point:
  
  "In life Churchill had liberated his people from the threat of tyranny. In death he would liberate them some more -- liberate them from what the novelist John Fowles was simultaneously calling 'the grotesquely elongated shadow . . . of that monstrous dwarf Queen Victoria'. Cultures do not change overnight, of course. Nonetheless, John Grigg's suggestion that Churchill's death 'relieves us of a psychological burden' was surely right. Churchill's passing licensed a whole vision of the past to pass too." (page 12)
  
  "No less than Churchill's death, the passing of the high priest of high culture would license a revolution. In the months following, the modernism Eliot had helped invent was imported into the pop culture he had loathed. And that pop culture became part of the hight culture he loved. . . .
  "History isn't, of course it isn't, the biography of great men. That doesn't mean, though, that the deaths of the likes of Winston Churchill and T.S. Eliot, the choice and master spirits of their age, don't reverberate through national life. . . . Consciously or not their countrymen registered the fact that the two guardians of the past were gone.
  "The poet who died on 4 January 1965 detested the cultural world he had helped bring into being. And the statesman who died three weeks later had fought for the freedom of his country only to find himself more and more disapproving of what that freedom had led to and was being used for. Eliot and Churchill were men out of time. Now, though, they were out of it altogether -- and the nation that had for so long been dominated by their backward-looking fantasies turned their attention to the future.
  "Right on cue, the future arrived. . . . A feeling of change [was] in the air. Over the next twelve months Britain would finally say goodbye to its fusty, crusty days-of-empire reveries and turn that feeling into fact." (pages 18-19)

Chapter 2: In which Britain gets surreal

• Surrealism.
• Comedians Peter Cook (1937-1995) and Dudley Moore (1935–2002) bring surrealism to the masses in the television program Not Only... But Also.
  Search YouTube for not only but also.
• Repulsion, a film directed by Roman Polanski (b.1933) and starring Catherine Deneuve (b.1943).

Chapter 3: In which painters, writers and filmmakers lay the ground for Britain's feminist revolution

• Bridget Riley (b.1931).
  Op art.
  Search Google Images for Bridget Riley.
  Bridget Riley at Artsy: artist information and purchase works by Bridget Riley.
• Ariel, a collection of poems by Sylvia Plath (1932-1963).
  
  4. Sylvia Plath reads 'The Applicant'.
  5. Sylvia Plath reads 'Lady Lazarus'.
  6. Sylvia Plath reads 'Tulips'.
  7. Sylvia Plath reads 'Cut'.
  12. Sylvia Plath reads 'Ariel'.
  20. Sylvia Plath reads 'A Birthday Present'.
  24. Sylvia Plath reads 'Daddy'.
  26. Sylvia Plath reads 'Fever 103'.
  (Numbering above from 1965 edition.)
  
  YouTube: Sylvia Plath reads from Ariel, part 1 of 3.
  1. The Rabbit Catcher
  2. A Birthday Present
  3. A Secret
  4. The Applicant
  5. Daddy
  
  YouTube: Sylvia Plath reads from Ariel, part 2 of 3.
  1. Medusa
  2. Stopped Dead
  3. Fever 103°
  4. Amnesiac
  5. Cut
  
  YouTube: Sylvia Plath reads from Ariel, part 3 of 3.
  1. Ariel
  2. Poppies in October
  3. Nick and the Candlestick
  4. Purdah
  5. Lady Lazarus
  
  YouTube: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes Interview, 1961.
  
  YouTube: Plath, Credo 3, 1975.
  The 1962 interview with Peter Orr on Side B is available in another YouTube file.
  
  YouTube: Sylvia Plath Interview with Peter Orr, 1962, from Side B of Plath, Credo 3, 1975.
  
  YouTube: Sylvia Plath reading her poetry, side A, Caedmon TC 1544, 1977.
  (Recorded at the Poetry Room, Harvard College Library, 1958-1959.)
  
  YouTube: Sylvia Plath reading her poetry, side B, Caedmon TC 1544, 1977.
  (Recorded by BBC Records, 1960-1962.)
  
  poetry works at sylviaplath.info.
  
  Sylvia Plath at Faber & Faber.
  
  Ariel: The Restored Edition, HarperCollins, 2004.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
• The Magus, a novel by John Fowles (1926–2005).
• Darling, a film directed by John Schlesinger (1926–2003) and starring Julie Christie (b.1940).
• Elizabeth Lane (1905–1988), the first woman appointed to serve as a High Court judge.

Chapter 4: In which the car guns the motor of the Thatcher revolution

• Traffic in Towns.
  The Buchanan Report, London: HMSO, 1963.
  Traffic in Towns: The specially shortened edition of the Buchanan Report S228, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1964.
• Roads in the United Kingdom: 1950–1979.
• Beeching cuts (also called the Beeching Axe), reduction of the railway network.
• History of rail transport in Great Britain.
• Transport in the United Kingdom.
• Unsafe at Any Speed, a book by Ralph Nader (b.1934).

Chapter 5: In which pop goes modern, and classicism rediscovers melody

• Chichester Psalms, composed by Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), performed at Chichester Cathedral July 1965.
  Search YouTube for Chichester Psalms.
• Bob Dylan (b.1941).
• Bringing It All Back Home, record by Bob Dylan, released March 1965, first side electric, second side acoustic.
• Electric Dylan controversy: earlier acoustic political folk music versus later electric rock n roll.
• Dont Look Back, a film by D. A. Pennebaker (b.1925) about Dylan's 1965 tour of England.
• Highway 61 Revisited, another record released by Bob Dylan in 1965.

Chapter 6: In which the establishment is disestablished -- but so are standards in schools

• Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1965.
  After a long run of leaders from the aristocracy, the Conservative Party selects a leader of more modest origins to face Harold Wilson (1916-1995), Labour Prime Minister 1964-1970 and 1974-1976.
  Edward Heath (1916-2005), Conservative Prime Minister 1970-1974.
  Reginald Maudling (1917–1979).
• First Wilson ministry: Education.
  Circular 10/65.
  Grammar schools debate.
  Comprehensive school (England and Wales).

Chapter 7: In which sanity is challenged and the family falls apart

• The Divided Self, a book by psychiatrist R. D. Laing (1927–1989), originally published in 1960 but which gained great attention when reprinted in paperback in 1965.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.co.uk; Amazon.com.]
• Kingsley Hall.
  Mary Barnes (1923-2001).

Chapter 8: In which our heroes find Queen and Country wanting

• First Wilson ministry: External affairs.
• Sword of Honour trilogy, novels by Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966).
Spies and Secret Agents: Novels, Films, Television
• The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, 1963 novel by John le Carré (b.1931); 1965 film starring Richard Burton (1925–1984).
• The IPCRESS File, 1962 novel by Len Deighton (b.1929); 1965 film starring Michael Caine (b.1933).
• Thunderball, 1961 novel by Ian Fleming (1908–1964); 1965 film starring Sean Connery (b.1930).
• The Avengers, 1961-1969.
  In 1965 Diana Rigg (b.1938) was cast as Emma Peel; plots started to include surrealist elements.

Chapter 9: In which the censors cannot hold

• Saved, a play by Edward Bond (b.1934), is censored by the Lord Chamberlain. This will contribute to the eventual abolition of theatre censorship by the Theatres Act 1968.
• Mary Whitehouse (1910-2001) and the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association (NVALA) campaign for the censorship of television, radio, films, etc.
• Up the Junction, story by Nell Dunn (b.1936), television adaptation directed by Ken Loach (b.1936); broadcast on BBC1 in November 1965.
  Controversy over Up the Junction's depiction of abortion contributes to the ongoing debate that results in the legalisation of abortion by the Abortion Act 1967.
  YouTube: Up the Junction (1965).
• Moors murders, modern Britain's first experience with serial killers, who were arrested in October 1965.
  The murderers' interest in Nazis and the literature of violence (for example de Sade's Justine) becomes fodder for the censorship debate.
• Censorship in the United Kingdom.

Chapter 10: In which the new great and good are set before the nation

• Stand Up, Nigel Barton a play by Dennis Potter (1935–1994), broadcast on BBC1 in The Wednesday Play series in December 1965.
  YouTube: Stand Up, Nigel Barton (1965).
  YouTube: Vote, Vote, Vote for Nigel Barton (1965).
• Box of Pin-Ups, a collection of photographs of celebrities by David Bailey (b.1938).
  Search Google Images for David Bailey Box of Pin-Ups 1964.
• Blowup, a film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni (1912–2007).
• Robin Wood, Hitchcock's Films Revisited, Revised Edition, Columbia University Press, 2002.
  [Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.]
  Hitchcock's Films was first published in 1965 and was an early advocate (in the English speaking world) for the auteur theory of film making.
• The James Bond Dossier (1965), a book by Kingsley Amis (1922–1995).
  [Google Books; Amazon.co.uk; Amazon.com.]
• The Beatles.
  Rubber Soul, a record by The Beatles released December 1965.

Epilogue: In which today comes into view

• Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965.
• Race Relations Act 1965.
• Sexual Offences Act 1967 (decriminalised homosexual acts in private between two men, both of whom had to have attained the age of 21).
• Abortion Act 1967.
• Theatres Act 1968.
• Matrimonial Causes Act 1973.
• Roy Jenkins (1920-2003), Home Secretary 1965–1967 and 1974-1976.

More, The Industrial Age: Economy and Society in Britain since 1750, 2e (1997)

Charles More.
The Industrial Age: Economy and Society in Britain since 1750, second edition.
London: Longman (Addison Wesley Longman Ltd.), 1997.
Abingdon: Routledge, 2013.

Book information: Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.co.uk; Amazon.com.

This book is an introductory textbook on the economic history of Britain.
Chapter 34 summarizes various explanations for British economic decline.

Some Wikipedia Articles:

• Economic history of the United Kingdom.
• Economy of the United Kingdom.

Beckett, Promised You a Miracle: UK 80-82 (2015)

Andy Beckett.
Promised You a Miracle: UK 80-82.
London: Allen Lane (Penguin Random House), 2015.

Book information: Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.co.uk; Amazon.com.

Book excerpt: Andy Beckett, "Toxteth, 1981: the summer Liverpool burned – by the rioter and economist on opposite sides," The Guardian, 14 September 2015.

Author information:

• Andy Beckett at The Guardian.
• Andy Beckett at London Review of Books.
• Andy Beckett, "Vuvuzelas Unite," London Review of Books, Vol. 37, No. 20, 22 October 2015.
  On recent events in British trade unions.
• Andy Beckett is also the author of:
  When the Lights Went Out: Britain in the Seventies, London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 2009.
  [Publisher, hardcover; Publisher, paperback; Google Books; Amazon.com; Amazon.co.uk.]
  The post on that book in this blog is here.
  

Video and Events:

• Mark Fisher, "Promised You A Miracle," Department of Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths, University of London, October 2015.
  "A collage made by Mark Fisher (kpunk) to introduce a talk by Andy Beckett on his new book, Promised You A Miracle: UK 80-82. The event took place in the Department of Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths on 12th October 2015."
  Event announcement on Visual Cultures' Twitter feed; Event announcement on Facebook.
• Andy Beckett, Ken Livingstone and Jonathan Derbyshire, "Red Ken's GLC: Loonies or Visionaries?," Bishopsgate Institute, London, 08 October 2015.
  Book excerpt.
• "Book Launch: Andy Beckett," SPERI, Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute, University of Sheffield, 16 February 2016.
• Simple Minds, "Promised You A Miracle," Virgin Records, 1982.
  YouTube; Wikipedia: Simple Minds; Promised You A Miracle.
• "Protect and Survive," late 1970s - early 1980s:
  YouTube; Wikipedia.
• Frankie Goes to Hollywood, "Two Tribes," ZTT Records, 1984.
  YouTube; Wikipedia: Frankie Goes to Hollywood; Two Tribes.

Book Reviews:

• John Campbell, "Book Review: Our modern, complex country has its roots in the early 1980s, argues a new study," Independent, 27 August 2015.
• Andrew Neather, "Pivotal years of the recent past," Evening Standard, 27 August 2015.
• Daniel Finkelstein, "Book Review," The Times, 29 August 2015. (subscription required)
• Lynsey Hanley, "Review," Financial Times, 4 September 2015.
• Ian Jack, "how today’s Britain was born in the early 80s," The Guardian, 5 September 2015.
• Jason Cowley, "A “nearly-history” of the Eighties, Britain’s decade of boom, bust and Tory triumph," New Statesman, 14 September 2015.
• Jonathan Derbyshire, "Book review," Prospect, September 2015.
• Richard Vinen, "Maggie Rising," Literary Review, September 2015. (subscription required)
• Mark Perryman, "Autumn books for the Corbyn effect," Left Futures, November 2015.
• Kevin Devine, "Books," Socialist Review, December 2015.

Clarke, Hope and Glory: Britain 1900-2000, 2e (2004)

Peter Clarke.
Hope and Glory: Britain 1900-2000, second edition.
London: Penguin Books, 2004.

Book information: Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.co.uk; Amazon.com.

Book Series: The Penguin History of Britain

Author information:

• Peter Clarke, Wikipedia.

Lectures and Video:

Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain, BBC, 2009.
Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain, Wikipedia.

• Episode 1: "A New Dawn" (YouTube)
• Episode 2: "Road to War" (YouTube)
• Episode 3: "The Great War" (YouTube 1; YouTube 2)
• Episode 4: "Having a Ball" (YouTube)
• Episode 5: "Little Britain" (YouTube)
• Episode 6: "Britannia at Bay" (YouTube)

These programs by Andrew Marr are an introduction to the period 1900-1945. The book associated with the television series is:
Andrew Marr, The Making of Modern Britain: From Queen Victoria to VE Day, London: Pan Books (Macmillan) 2009.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.co.uk; Amazon.com.]

Vernon Bogdanor, Gresham College, London.

• Britain in the Twentieth Century, 2010-2012.
  YouTube playlist.
• Making the Weather: Six Politicians who shaped our age, 2012-2013.
  YouTube playlist.
• Britain and Europe, 2013-2014.
  YouTube playlist.
• Six General Elections, 2014-2015.
  YouTube playlist.
• Political Crises Since 1945, 2015-2016.
  YouTube playlist.

James Vernon, Department of History, University of California, Berkeley.

• "History 151C - Imperial Britain, 1714 to the present," course webpage, with course outline and links to Required Readings. Prof. Vernon frequently refers to these Readings in his lectures.
• YouTube Playlist: History 151C - Fall 2011, The Peculiar Modernity of Britain, 1848-2000.
  Lecture 1 is not in this playlist; Lecture 8 is out of order, at the bottom of the list.
  History 151C, Fall 2011 course description.
• YouTube Playlist: History 151C - Spring 2013, The Peculiar Modernity of Britain, 1750 to the present.
  Lectures not available and missing from this playlist: 4, 10, 11, 14, 19, 20.
  iTunes.
  History 151C, Spring 2013 course description.
• James Vernon, faculty webpage, Department of History, University of California, Berkekey.

Prof. Vernon's lectures cover some aspects of British history (social, cultural) that are not treated in much detail, if at all, in Peter Clarke's book.

Land of Hope and Glory; Jerusalem

• Vera Lynn, "Land of Hope and Glory," 1962.
• "Land of Hope and Glory," Last Night of the Proms: 2009; 2010; 2011; 2012.
• Wikipedia: Edward Elgar; Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1; A. C. Benson; Land of Hope and Glory.
• "Jerusalem."

Some Wikipedia Articles:

• History of the United Kingdom : Early 20th century.
• Edwardian era (1901-1914).
• History of the United Kingdom during World War I (1914-1918).
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• History of the United Kingdom : Interwar era (1918-1939).
• Great Depression in the United Kingdom.
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• History of the United Kingdom : Second World War.
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• Economic history of the United Kingdom : 1900-1945.
• Social history of England : 20th century.
• William Beveridge, Social Insurance and Allied Services, (commonly known as the Beveridge Report), 1942.
  Extract from The Beveridge Report, Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
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• History of the United Kingdom : Postwar.
• History of the United Kingdom (1945–present) (political narrative).
• Postwar Britain (1945-present).
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• Post–World War II economic expansion.
• Post-war consensus.
• Economic history of the United Kingdom : 1945 to 2001.
• Social history of England : Since 1945.
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• British Empire.
• Economy of the United Kingdom.
Component Nations of the United Kingdom:
• History of England : 20th and 21st centuries.
• History of Scotland : Early 20th century.
• History of Scotland : Postwar.
• Modern history of Wales.
• History of Northern Ireland.
• Ulster : History.
Prime Ministers:
• Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Lord Salisbury, (June 1895 – July 1902)
• Arthur Balfour (July 1902 – December 1905)
• Henry Campbell-Bannerman (December 1905 – April 1908)
• H. H. Asquith (April 1908 – December 1916)
• David Lloyd George (December 1916 – October 1922)
• Bonar Law (October 1922 – May 1923)
• Stanley Baldwin (May 1923 – January 1924)
• Ramsay MacDonald (January 1924 – November 1924)
• Stanley Baldwin (November 1924 – June 1929)
• Ramsay MacDonald (June 1929 – June 1935)
• Stanley Baldwin (June 1935 – May 1937)
• Neville Chamberlain (May 1937 – May 1940)
• Winston Churchill (May 1940 – July 1945)
• Clement Attlee (July 1945 - October 1951)
• Winston Churchill (October 1951 - April 1955)
• Anthony Eden (April 1955 - January 1957)
• Harold Macmillan (January 1957 - October 1963)
• Alec Douglas-Home (October 1963 - October 1964)
• Harold Wilson (October 1964 - June 1970)
• Edward Heath (June 1970 - March 1974)
• Harold Wilson (March 1974 - April 1976)
• James Callaghan (April 1976 - May 1979)
• Margaret Thatcher (May 1979 - November 1990)
• John Major (November 1990 – May 1997)
• Tony Blair (May 1997 – June 2007)
• Gordon Brown (June 2007 – May 2010)
Monarchs:
• Queen Victoria, June 1837 – January 1901.
• Edward VII, January 1901 – May 1910.
• George V, May 1910 – January 1936.
• Edward VIII, January – December 1936.
• George VI, December 1936 – February 1952.
• Elizabeth II, February 1952 – present.

Other books on Britain, Twentieth Century, noted in this blog:

• Skidelsky, Britain Since 1900: A Success Story? (2014).
• Smith, Something Will Turn Up: Britain’s economy, past, present and future (2015).
• Beckett, When the Lights Went Out: Britain in the Seventies (2009).
• Turner, Crisis? What Crisis?: Britain in the 1970s (2008).
• Wheen, Strange Days Indeed: The 1970s: The Golden Days of Paranoia (2010).
• Hoggart, The Uses of Literacy: Aspects of Working-Class Life (1957; 2009).
• Bronstein & Harris, Empire, State, and Society: Britain since 1830 (2012).