The passage of power
By: Robert A. Caro
Series: The years of Lyndon Johnson
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 712
ISBN-13: 9780679405078
Subjects: Politics and government
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: "What the hell's the presidency for?"
pagenum: ix; label: I
title: Johnson vs. Kennedy: 1960; label: 1
title: The Prediction
pagenum: 3; label: 2
title: The Rich Man's Son
pagenum: 27; label: 3
title: Forging Chains
pagenum: 57; label: 4
title: The Back Stairs
pagenum: 109; label: 5
title: The "LBJ Special"
pagenum: 144; label: II
title: "Rufus Cornpone"; label: 6
title: "Power Is Where Power Goes"
pagenum: 159; label: 7
title: Genuine Warmth
pagenum: 176; label: 8
title: "Cut"
pagenum: 199; label: 9
title: Gestures and Tactics
pagenum: 251; label: 10
title: The Protege
pagenum: 275; label: III
title: Dallas; label: 11
title: The Cubicle
pagenum: 307; label: 12
title: Taking Charge
pagenum: 319; label: IV
title: Taking Command; label: 13
title: Aboard Air Force One
pagenum: 339; label: 14
title: Three Encounters
pagenum: 373; label: 15
title: The Drums
pagenum: 378; label: V
title: To Become A President; label: 16
title: EOB 274
pagenum: 391; label: 17
title: The Warren Commission
pagenum: 437; label: 18
title: The Southern Strategy
pagenum: 452; label: 19
title: "Old Harry"
pagenum: 466; label: 20
title: "The Johnsons in Johnson City"
pagenum: 484; label: 21
title: Serenity
pagenum: 503; label: 22
title: "Old Harry" II
pagenum: 552; label: 23
title: In the Books of Law
pagenum: 558; label: 24
title: Defeating Despair
pagenum: 571; label: 25
title: Hammer Blows
pagenum: 587; label: 26
title: Long Enough
pagenum: 598; title: Debts, Sources, Notes
pagenum: 607; title: Index
pagenum: 693