| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 109.5

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| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 109.5 | The History Cooperative

Gary A. Donaldson. Liberalism's Last Hurrah: The Presidential Campaign of 1964. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe. 2003. Pp. x, 376. $34.95.
Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson and liberalism trounced Republican Barry Goldwater and conservatism in the presidential election of 1964. Carrying every state except the five Deep South states and Arizona, Johnson achieved his goal of winning by a landslide. Such a victory, he believed, released him from the Kennedy mystique and provided him with a mandate to complete the work of his hero, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Liberalism would reign. At the same time, the extent of Goldwater's defeat rang the death knell for conservatism, at least according to numerous pundits at that time.	1
In his book, Gary A. Donaldson argues that, in fact, the common assumptions concerning the 1964 election—liberalism's triumph and conservatism's defeat—were wrong. Instead, the opposite proved true. The years following Johnson's election were devastating for the president as he saw his beloved dream of a Great Society crushed under the weight of the Vietnam War. Conservatives proved resilient as well, refusing to surrender complete control of the Republican Party and roaring back to life with key congressional victories in 1966. Perhaps more importantly, through Goldwater's campaign, conservative Republicans found a more electable representative in the person of Ronald Reagan. He would help them achieve their ultimate goal by winning the presidency in 1980.	. . .

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