Dr Mark McLay

BIOGRAPHY

Dr Mark McLay is a Lecturer in American History, with specialty in the post-1960 United States. He works on American wars, both domestic and foreign. His first book, published in 2021, examines the Republican party's challenge to Democratic president Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty. His recent publications also include 'A high-wire crusade: Republicans and the War on Poverty, 1966' in the Journal of American History.