Lyndon B. Johnson
By: Charles Peters ; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and Sean Wilentz, general editors
Contributors: Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. (Arthur Meier), 1917-2007; Wilentz, Sean
Series: Thorndike Press large print biography; Thorndike Press large print biography series
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Waterville, Me
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9781410430120
Subjects: Politics and government; Presidents; Biography
Description: The towering figure who sought to transform America into a "Great Society" but whose ambitions and presidency collapsed in the tragedy of the Vietnam War. Few figures in American history are as compelling and complex as Lyndon Baines Johnson, master of the U.S. Senate in the 1950s and successor to President John F. Kennedy after his assassination. Part of the Kennedy-Johnson administration from 1961 to 1968, political observer Charles Peters offers an inside look at the legislative wizardry that led to historic triumphs like the Voting Rights Act and the personal insecurities that led to the tragedy of Vietnam.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Times Books, ©2010. (The American presidents).

"The American presidents."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Early life; title: Mr. Johnson comes to Washington; title: Trying for the Senate; title: The art of the possible; title: Running second; title: A winning year; title: The great society; title: Escalation; title: A cultural revolution; title: Going home.