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The Passage of Power

By Caro , Lyndon Baines , Robert A.;Johnson

Book information

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Year
2012
ISBN
9780307960467, 0307960463
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
11 MB (11302841 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
-- 1908-1973;United States -- Politics and governm20th Century;Presidents;Politics and government;ElLyndon 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.;"What the hell's the presidency for?" -- pt. 1. Johnson vs. Kennedy : 1960 -- "Rufus Cornpone" -- Dallas -- Taking command -- To become a president. "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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