Silent spring revolution : John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the great environmental awakening

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Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley chronicles the rise of environmental activism during the Long Sixties (1960-1973), telling the story of an indomitable generation that saved the natural world under the leadership of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon.

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Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964

Conservationists United States Biography

Environmental policy United States History 20th century

Environmentalism United States History 20th century

Environmentalists United States Biography

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994