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The passage of power

By Caro , Robert A.; Johnson , Lyndon Baines; Caro , Lyndon Baines

Book information

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group;NY: Knopf;Alfred A. Knopf
Year
2012
ISBN
0307960463, 978-0-307-96046-7
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
11 MB (11302006 bytes)
Series
The Years of Lyndon Johnson [#4]
Edition
First Edition
Pages
\0
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
-- 1908-1973. United States -- PoJohnsonLyndon B. -- (Lyndon Baines)

Description

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. Read more... Abstract: 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 Content: "What the hell's the presidency for?" -- pt. 1. Johnson vs. Kennedy : 1960 -- "Rufus Cornpone" -- Dallas -- Taking command -- To become a president.

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