Mark McLay is Lecturer in American History at the University of Glasgow. He contributed to Constructing Presidential Legacy (Edinburgh University Press, 2018) and published articles in Journal of Political History and Historical Journal.

In this sprightly and vigorous book, the ‘War on Poverty’ emerges as a productive battleground for the Republican Party, during its long road back from the Goldwater debacle of 1964.

• IntroductionA Familiar Trap: the ‘Party of Privilege’ and the War on Poverty, 1964A Path to Relevance: the Republican Crusade Against the War on Poverty, 1965–1966Order or Justice? Republicans and the ‘Urban Crisis’, 1965–1967The Choice and the Echo: Poverty Politics and the 1968 CampaignThe Crossroad: Nixon’s Early Years, 1969–70The Conservative Turn: Nixon, Ford, and the Beginning of the End, 1971–1976The End? Poverty Politics and the ‘Reagan Revolution’, 1977–1981Epilogue: Poverty Won? Republicans and Poverty, 1982–2018Bibliography

Mark McLay is Lecturer in American History at the University of Glasgow. He contributed to Constructing Presidential Legacy (Edinburgh University Press, 2018) and published articles in Journal of Political History and Historical Journal.

In this sprightly and vigorous book, the ‘War on Poverty’ emerges as a productive battleground for the Republican Party, during its long road back from the Goldwater debacle of 1964.

• IntroductionA Familiar Trap: the ‘Party of Privilege’ and the War on Poverty, 1964A Path to Relevance: the Republican Crusade Against the War on Poverty, 1965–1966Order or Justice? Republicans and the ‘Urban Crisis’, 1965–1967The Choice and the Echo: Poverty Politics and the 1968 CampaignThe Crossroad: Nixon’s Early Years, 1969–70The Conservative Turn: Nixon, Ford, and the Beginning of the End, 1971–1976The End? Poverty Politics and the ‘Reagan Revolution’, 1977–1981Epilogue: Poverty Won? Republicans and Poverty, 1982–2018Bibliography

Mark McLay is Lecturer in American History at the University of Glasgow. He contributed to Constructing Presidential Legacy (Edinburgh University Press, 2018) and published articles in Journal of Political History and Historical Journal.

In this sprightly and vigorous book, the ‘War on Poverty’ emerges as a productive battleground for the Republican Party, during its long road back from the Goldwater debacle of 1964.

• IntroductionA Familiar Trap: the ‘Party of Privilege’ and the War on Poverty, 1964A Path to Relevance: the Republican Crusade Against the War on Poverty, 1965–1966Order or Justice? Republicans and the ‘Urban Crisis’, 1965–1967The Choice and the Echo: Poverty Politics and the 1968 CampaignThe Crossroad: Nixon’s Early Years, 1969–70The Conservative Turn: Nixon, Ford, and the Beginning of the End, 1971–1976The End? Poverty Politics and the ‘Reagan Revolution’, 1977–1981Epilogue: Poverty Won? Republicans and Poverty, 1982–2018Bibliography