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Robert Dallek, Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1961–1973 (1998). An engaging biography of Johnson and an account of his era.
Maurice Isserman and Michael Kazin, America Divided: The Civil War of the 1960s (1999). A vivid account of dissent in the 1960s.
G. Calvin Mackenzie and Robert Weisbrot, The Liberal Hour: Washington and the Politics of Change in the 1960s (2008). A thoughtful account of the Great Society.
Ruth Rosen, The World Split Open (2000). An accessible exploration of the women’s movement and feminism.
Bruce Schulman, The Seventies: The Great Shift in American Culture, Society, and Politics (2001). A thoughtful explanation of Nixon and political realignment.
Marilyn Young, The Vietnam Wars, 1945–1990 (1991). An excellent history of the decades-long conflict in Vietnam.