Bradley Ruzicka

Following are the resources I’ve used to date in developing my “America’s Future” blog. I’ll be adding additional titles on a periodic basis.

I’ve also highlighted those I’d recommend as “required reading”!

* The Making of the President 1960 (Theodore White)

* An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917 – 1963 (Robert Dallek)

* Camelot’s Court: Inside the Kennedy White House (Robert Dallek)

* The March on Washington: Jobs, Freedom, and the Forgotten History of Civil Rights (William Jones)

* The Bill of the Century: The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act (Clay Risen)

* Bending Toward Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy (Gary May)

* Choosing War: The Lost Chance for Peace and the Escalation of War in Vietnam (Fredrik Lodgevall)

* Into the Quagmire: Lyndon Johnson and the Escalation of the Vietnam War (Brian Van DeMark)

* The Making of the President 1964 (Theodore White)

* The Eve of Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America (James Patterson)

* Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Time 1961 – 1975 (Robert Dallek)

* Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society (John Andrew III)

* The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society (Julian Zelizer)

* Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus (Rick Perlstein)

* Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America (Rick Perlstein)

As always, your feedback is appreciated!