Goodwin, Doris Kearns
Lyndon Johnson and the American dream Doris Kearns Goodwin. - New York : St. Martin's Press, 1991. - xii, 432 p. ; 24 cm.
Main sequence of paging starts with p. 19.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Growing up --
Education and the dream of success --
The making of a politician --
Rise to power in the senate --
The senate leader --
The vice-presidency --
The transition year --
The Great Society --
Vietnam --
Things go wrong --
Under siege in the White House --
The withdrawal --
Epilogue.
Takes us through the vast landscape of Johnson's political and personal life: from his childhood, dominated by an indulgent mother and a hell-raising politico father, through his early political victories and the ideals that inspired them; from the Washington system that trained him, through his election as Vice President and the transitional year, 1964, when JFK's assassination brought him to the highest office in the land; from the remarkable talents that brought him triumph, to the inner demons that tormented him and the flaws that engendered his ultimate tragedy.
0312060270 :
9780312060275
90028429
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines) 1908-1973
Presidents--United States--Biography
United States--Politics and government--1963-1969
E847 / .G64 1991
973.923092 Goo B 15
Lyndon Johnson and the American dream Doris Kearns Goodwin. - New York : St. Martin's Press, 1991. - xii, 432 p. ; 24 cm.
Main sequence of paging starts with p. 19.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Growing up --
Education and the dream of success --
The making of a politician --
Rise to power in the senate --
The senate leader --
The vice-presidency --
The transition year --
The Great Society --
Vietnam --
Things go wrong --
Under siege in the White House --
The withdrawal --
Epilogue.
Takes us through the vast landscape of Johnson's political and personal life: from his childhood, dominated by an indulgent mother and a hell-raising politico father, through his early political victories and the ideals that inspired them; from the Washington system that trained him, through his election as Vice President and the transitional year, 1964, when JFK's assassination brought him to the highest office in the land; from the remarkable talents that brought him triumph, to the inner demons that tormented him and the flaws that engendered his ultimate tragedy.
0312060270 :
9780312060275
90028429
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines) 1908-1973
Presidents--United States--Biography
United States--Politics and government--1963-1969
E847 / .G64 1991
973.923092 Goo B 15