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The triumph & tragedy of Lyndon Johnson : the White House years
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- ISBN: 9781476798790
- ISBN: 1476798796
- ISBN: 9781476794761
- ISBN: 1476794766
- ISBN: 9781476794785
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Physical Description:
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xl, 421 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm - Edition: First Touchstone trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Touchstone, 2015.
- Copyright: ©1991
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: 1991. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-404) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part I. Happy days -- The beginning -- The decision -- Racing against high expectations -- The war against poverty and the battle for beauty -- Scrambling -- Guns and butter -- Going for the Great Society -- The great 89th -- Part II. Sleepless nights -- The press and the credibility gap -- State of the union 1967 -- Who shall serve in Vietnam when not all serve -- Six-day war -- Burn, baby, burn! -- Arm twisting for the nation's capital -- The going gets tougher -- Part III. Nightmare year -- "I shall not seek and will not accept ..." -- The King assassination -- Who is LBJ's candidate? -- The Robert Kennedy assassination -- The Fortas fiasco -- The Democratic Convention and presidential campaign -- Winding down. |
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| Subject: | Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines) 1908-1973 Califano, Joseph A Jr 1931- Presidents United States Biography United States Politics and government 1963-1969 |
| Genre: | Biographies. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | E 847 .C35 2015 | 30775305531262 | General Collection | Available | - |
The Triumph and Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson : The White House Years
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The Triumph and Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson : The White House Years
Califano takes us into the Oval Office as the decisions that irrevocably changed the United States were being crafted to create Johnson's ambitious Great Society. He shows us LBJ's commitment to economic and social revolution, and his willingness to do whatever it took to achieve his goals. Califano uncorks LBJ's legislative genius and reveals the political guile it took to pass the laws in civil rights, poverty, immigration reform, health, education, environmental protection, consumer protection, the arts, and communications. President Lyndon Johnson was bigger than life-and no one who worked for him or was subjected to the "Johnson treatment" ever forgot it. As Johnson's "Deputy President of Domestic Affairs" (The New York Times), Joseph A. Califano's unique relationship with the president greatly enriches our understanding of our thirty-sixth president, whose historical significance continues to be felt throughout every corner of America to this day. A no-holds-barred account of Johnson's presidency, The Triumph and Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson is an intimate portrait of a President whose towering ambition for his country and himself reshaped America-and ultimately led to his decision to withdraw from the political arena in which he fought so hard.
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