Lyndon B. Johnson

Name: Lyndon B. Johnson
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ISBN: 9780805082395

ISBN-10: 0805082395

ISBN-13: 9780805082395

Edition: 2010

Authors: Charles Peters, Sean Wilentz, Arthur M. Schlesinger

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The towering figure who sought to transform America into a "Great Society" but whose ambitions and presidency collapsed in the tragedy of the Vietnam WarFew figures in American history are as compelling and complex as Lyndon Baines Johnson, who established himself as the master of the U.S. Senate in the 1950s and succeeded John F. Kennedy in the White House after Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963.Charles Peters, a keen observer of Washington politics for more than five decades, tells the story of Johnson's presidency as the tale of an immensely talented politician driven by ambition and desire. As part of the Kennedy-Johnson administration from 1961 to 1968, Peters knew key…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 6/8/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 5.67" wide x 8.50" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Editor's Note



Early Life



Mr. Johnson Comes to Washington



Trying for the senate



The Art of the Possible



Running Second



A Winning Year



The Great Society



Escalation



A Cultural Revolution



Going Home


Notes


Milestones


Selected Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index