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The passage of power
- Title
- The passage of power / Robert A. Caro.
- Author
- Caro, Robert A.
- Publication
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | E846 .C37 2012 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xix, 712 pages; 25 cm.
- Summary
- Pulitizer Prize biographer Robert A. Caro follows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career, describing Johnson's volatile relationship with John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy during the fight they waged for the 1960 Democratic nomination for president, through Johnson's unhappy vice presidency, his assumption to the presidency after Kennedy's assassination, his victories over the budget and civil rights, and the eroding trap of Vietnam.
- Traces Johnson's life from his Texas childhood through his rise to political power and his successful 1948 senatorial campaign.
- Series Statement
- The years of Lyndon Johnson ; [4]
- Caro, Robert A. Years of Lyndon Johnson ; 4.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [613]-628) and index.
- Contents
- "What the hell's the presidency for?" -- pt. 1. Johnson vs. Kennedy : 1960 -- "Rufus Cornpone" -- Dallas -- Taking command -- To become a president.
- ISBN
- 9780679405078
- 0679405070
- LCCN
- 2012010752
- OCLC
- ocn783520805
- 783520805
- SCSB-5638309
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries