Lyndon Johnson and the American dream
Book - 2019
"Doris Kearns Goodwin's extraordinary and insightful book draws from meticulous research in addition to the author's time spent working at the White House from 1967 to 1969. After Lyndon Johnson's term ended, Goodwin remained his confidante and assisted in the preparation of his memoir. In Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream, she traces the 36th president's life from childhood to his early days in politics, and from his leadership of the Senate to his presidency, analyzing his dramatic years in the White House, including both his historic domestic triumphs and his failures in Vietnam. Drawn from personal anecdotes and candid conversations with Johnson, Goodwin paints a rich and complicated portrait of one of our n...ation's most compelling politicians."--Amazon.com.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Biographies
- Published
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New York, N.Y. :
Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press
2019.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- Second St. Martin's Griffin edition
- Item Description
- "With a new foreword"--Cover.
"Portions of this book originally appeared in Atlantic Monthly and McCall's."--Title page verso. - Physical Description
- 432 pages ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-420) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781250313966
- Foreword
- Chapter 1. Growing Up
- Chapter 2. Education And The Dream Of Success
- Chapter 3. The Making Of A Politician
- Chapter 4. Rise To Power In The Senate
- Chapter 5. The Senate Leader
- Chapter 6. The Vice-Presidency
- Chapter 7. The Transition Year
- Chapter 8. The Great Society
- Chapter 9. Vietnam
- Chapter 10. Things Go Wrong
- Chapter 11. Under Siege In The White House
- Chapter 12. The Withdrawal
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Author's Postscript
- Notes
- Index