The Republican Party and the War on Poverty: 1964–1981

Reassesses how presidents from Lyndon Johnson to Ronald Reagan dealt with the politics of the War on Poverty Traces the evolution of the modern Republican party through its approach to povertyExamines the roots of Republican opposition to antipoverty legislation, giving an insight into contemporary debates over public policyGrounded in substantial archival research undertaken across the United States, including the presidential libraries of Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, an