Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President

Portrait of a President

Biography & Memoir, Historical
Cover of the book Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President by Robert Dallek, Oxford University Press, USA
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Robert Dallek ISBN: 9780199882786
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Publication: January 8, 2004
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: Robert Dallek
ISBN: 9780199882786
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication: January 8, 2004
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

Robert Dallek's brilliant two-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson has received an avalanche of praise. Michael Beschloss, in The Los Angeles Times, said that it "succeeds brilliantly." The New York Times called it "rock solid" and The Washington Post hailed it as "invaluable." And Sidney Blumenthal in The Boston Globe wrote that it was "dense with astonishing incidents." Now Dallek has condensed his two-volume masterpiece into what is surely the finest one-volume biography of Johnson available. Based on years of research in over 450 manuscript collections and oral histories, as well as numerous personal interviews, this biography follows Johnson, the "human dynamo," from the Texas hill country to the White House. We see LBJ, in the House and the Senate, whirl his way through sixteen- and eighteen-hour days, talking, urging, demanding, reaching for influence and power, in an uncommonly successful congressional career. Then, in the White House, we see Johnson as the visionary leader who worked his will on Congress like no president before or since, enacting a range of crucial legislation, from Medicare and environmental protection to the most significant advances in civil rights for black Americans ever achieved. And we see the depth of Johnson's private anguish as he became increasingly ensnared in Vietnam. In these pages Johnson emerges as a man of towering intensity and anguished insecurity, of grandiose ambition and grave self-doubt, a man who was brilliant, crude, intimidating, compassionate, overbearing, driven: "A tornado in pants." Gracefully written and delicately balanced, this singular biography reveals both the greatness and the tangled complexities of one of the most extravagant characters ever to step onto the presidential stage.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Robert Dallek's brilliant two-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson has received an avalanche of praise. Michael Beschloss, in The Los Angeles Times, said that it "succeeds brilliantly." The New York Times called it "rock solid" and The Washington Post hailed it as "invaluable." And Sidney Blumenthal in The Boston Globe wrote that it was "dense with astonishing incidents." Now Dallek has condensed his two-volume masterpiece into what is surely the finest one-volume biography of Johnson available. Based on years of research in over 450 manuscript collections and oral histories, as well as numerous personal interviews, this biography follows Johnson, the "human dynamo," from the Texas hill country to the White House. We see LBJ, in the House and the Senate, whirl his way through sixteen- and eighteen-hour days, talking, urging, demanding, reaching for influence and power, in an uncommonly successful congressional career. Then, in the White House, we see Johnson as the visionary leader who worked his will on Congress like no president before or since, enacting a range of crucial legislation, from Medicare and environmental protection to the most significant advances in civil rights for black Americans ever achieved. And we see the depth of Johnson's private anguish as he became increasingly ensnared in Vietnam. In these pages Johnson emerges as a man of towering intensity and anguished insecurity, of grandiose ambition and grave self-doubt, a man who was brilliant, crude, intimidating, compassionate, overbearing, driven: "A tornado in pants." Gracefully written and delicately balanced, this singular biography reveals both the greatness and the tangled complexities of one of the most extravagant characters ever to step onto the presidential stage.

More books from Oxford University Press, USA

Cover of the book The Subprime Virus : Reckless Credit Regulatory Failure and Next Steps by Robert Dallek
Cover of the book Intellectual Disability : A Guide For Families And Professionals by Robert Dallek
Cover of the book Journey into the Heart of God: Living the Liturgical Year by Robert Dallek
Cover of the book Kennedy's Wars : Berlin Cuba Laos and Vietnam by Robert Dallek
Cover of the book Max/MSP/Jitter for Music : A Practical Guide to Developing Interactive Music Systems for Education and More by Robert Dallek
Cover of the book A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by Robert Dallek
Cover of the book Transforming the Twentieth Century:Technical Innovations and Their Consequences by Robert Dallek
Cover of the book Freedom Riders:1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Robert Dallek
Cover of the book Playing Our Game : Why China's Rise Doesn't Threaten The West by Robert Dallek
Cover of the book Clinician's Quick Guide to Interpersonal Psychotherapy by Robert Dallek
Cover of the book The Throne of Adulis: Red Sea Wars on the Eve of Islam by Robert Dallek
Cover of the book The Firm : The Inside Story Of The Stasi by Robert Dallek
Cover of the book Ignorance:How It Drives Science by Robert Dallek
Cover of the book Antarctica: A Biography by Robert Dallek
Cover of the book Flammable : Environmental Suffering in an Argentine Shantytown by Robert Dallek
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy