11272. THE RECONSTRUCTION: SUCCESS OR FAILURE IN SOCIAL/POLITICAL REFORM? This analysis offers a critique of the Reconstruction as an experiment in political and social reform as viewed by three contemporary historians: McKitrick's (1960) Andrew Johnson and the Reconstruction, Thomas Holt's (1977) Black Over White, and Foner's (1990) Short History. 10 pages, 25 footnotes, 3 bibliographic sources.