| Description |
1 online resource (x, 396 pages) |
| Contents |
The making of a politician -- The Congressman -- The senator -- The vice president -- From JFK to LBJ -- "Landslide Lyndon" -- King of the hill -- Foreign policy dilemmas -- Retreat from the great society -- "Lyndon Johnson's war" -- A sea of troubles -- Stalemate -- Last hurrahs -- Unfinished business -- After the fall |
| Summary |
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 w |
| Notes |
This work is a one volume abridgment of Dallek's 2-volume biography of Lyndon B. Johnson v. 1. Lone star rising (1991); v. 2, Flawed giant (1998) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-381) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
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| SUBJECT |
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 fast |
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY.
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Politics and government
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Presidents
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140470
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dallek, Robert.
Lone star rising
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Dallek, Robert.
Flawed giant
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| ISBN |
0195184106 |
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9780195184105 |
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9780195159202 |
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0195159209 |
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1280502967 |
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9781280502965 |
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9780199728596 |
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0199728593 |
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