Bibliograph

Lyndon Johnson and the American dream, Doris Kearns Goodwin ; [with a new foreword by the author]

Type

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Lyndon Johnson and the American dream, Doris Kearns Goodwin ; [with a new foreword by the author]

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-420) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Lyndon Johnson and the American dream

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

22955572

Responsibility statement

Doris Kearns Goodwin ; [with a new foreword by the author]

Summary

Takes us through the vast landscape of Johnson's political and personal life: from his childhood, dominated by an indulgent mother and a hell-raising politico father, through his early political victories and the ideals that inspired them; from the Washington system that trained him, through his election as Vice President and the transitional year, 1964, when JFK's assassination brought him to the highest office in the land; from the remarkable talents that brought him triumph, to the inner demons that tormented him and the flaws that engendered his ultimate tragedy

Table Of Contents

Growing up -- Education and the dream of success -- The making of a politician -- Rise to power in the senate -- The senate leader -- The vice-presidency -- The transition year -- The Great Society -- Vietnam -- Things go wrong -- Under siege in the White House -- The withdrawal -- Epilogue

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