| Description |
x, 1007 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 885-956) and index. |
| Contents |
Roots -- Growing up -- College -- The secretary -- Lady Bird and the NYA -- Congress -- Pappy -- War -- Truman and the coming of the cold war -- Coke -- A populist gentlemen's club -- Leader -- Passing the Lord's prayer -- Back from the edge -- Containing the red-hots: from Dulles to the Dixie Association -- Lost in space -- 1960 -- Camelot meets Mr. Cornpone -- Hanging on -- Interregnum: death and resurrection -- "Kennedy was too conservative for me" -- Free at last -- Containment at home and abroad -- "The countryside of the world" -- Bobby -- Barry -- A new bill of rights -- The crux of the matter -- Daunted courage -- Castro's and Kennedy's shadows -- A city on the hill -- Balancing act -- Divisions -- Civil war -- Battling Dr. Strangelove -- The holy land -- Backlash -- Of hawks and doves, vultures and chickens -- Tet -- A midsummer nightmare -- Touching the void. |
| Subject |
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
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Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973. |
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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Presidents. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1963-1969 |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Lyndon Baines Johnson |
| ISBN |
0684834588 |
| Standard No. |
9780684834580 |
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