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Flawed giant : Lyndon Johnson and his times, 1961-1973 / Robert Dallek.

Title: Flawed giant : Lyndon Johnson and his times, 1961-1973 / Robert Dallek.
Author: Dallek, Robert
Publication: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

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xiv, 754 p., [16] p. of plates; 25 cm.

Summary

Dallek takes us through Johnson's tumultuous years in the White House, his unprecedented accomplishments there, and the tragic war that would be his downfall. Drawing on hundreds of newly released tapes and extensive interviews with those closest to LBJ - including fresh insights from Lady Bird and his press secretary Bill Moyers - Dallek takes us behind the scenes to give us a portrait of Johnson that is at once even-handed and completely engrossing. We see Johnson as the visionary leader who worked his will on Congress like no president before or since, enacting a range of crucial legislation, from Medicare, Clean Air and Water Acts, the establishment of the National Endowments for the Arts and for the Humanities, and Public Broadcasting to the most significant advances in civil rights for black Americans ever achieved. And we see for the first time the depth of Johnson's private anguish as he became increasingly ensnared in Vietnam, a war he did not want to expand and which destroyed his hopes for The Great Society and a second term.

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Biographies

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [647]-736) and index.

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committed to retain

Contents

"The most insignificant office" -- From JFK to LBJ -- "Landslide Lyndon" -- King of the hill -- Foreign policy dilemmas -- Retreat from the Great Society -- "Lyndon Johnson's War" -- A sea of troubles -- Stalemate -- Last hurrahs -- Unfinished business -- After the fall.

ISBN

0195054652 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^97039084^

OCLC

37870628
SCSB-10273795

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Harvard Library