num_pages: 448
description: Doris Kearns Goodwin's classic life of Lyndon Johnson, who presided over the Great Society, the Vietnam War &amp; other defining moments the tumultuous '60s, is a monument in political biography. From the moment the author, then a young woman from Harvard, 1st encountered President Johnson at a White House dance in the spring of 67, she became fascinated by the man: his character, his enormous energy &amp; drive, &amp; his manner of wielding these gifts in an endless pursuit of power. As a member of his White House staff, she soon became his personal confidante. In the years before his death he revealed himself to her as to no other. Widely praised &amp; enormously popular, Lyndon Johnson &amp; the American Dream is a biography like few others. With insight &amp; a richly engrossing style, the author renders LBJ in all his vibrant, conflicted humanity.PrefacePrologueGrowing up Education &amp; the dream of success The making of a politician Rise to power in the senateThe senate leader The vice-presidencyThe transition yearThe great society Vietnam Things go wrongUnder siege in the White House The withdrawalEpilogueAcknowledgmentsAuthor's PostscriptNotesIndex
language: English
title: Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream
titlecomplete: Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream
characters: Lyndon B. Johnson
genres: Audiobook, Politics, Us Presidents, Biography, Historical, American History, Nonfiction, History, Presidents, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 4566
publisher: St. Martin's Griffin