Lyndon Johnson and the American dream / Doris Kearns Goodwin

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : St. Martin's Press, c1976Description: xxii, 421 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 312060270
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • E 847 .G66 1976
Contents:
Chapter 1. Growing up -- Chapter 2. Education and 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.
Summary: Takes us through the vast landscape of Johnson's political and personal life: from his childhood, dominated by an indulgent mother and a hell-raising politico father, through his early political victories and the ideals that inspired them; from the Washington system that trained him, through his election as Vice President and the transitional year, 1964, when JFK's assassination brought him to the highest office in the land; from the remarkable talents that brought him triumph, to the inner demons that tormented him and the flaws that engendered his ultimate tragedy.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Annex Relegation Room General Education GC E 847 .G66 1976 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000004356

Includes index.

Chapter 1. Growing up -- Chapter 2. Education and 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.

Takes us through the vast landscape of Johnson's political and personal life: from his childhood, dominated by an indulgent mother and a hell-raising politico father, through his early political victories and the ideals that inspired them; from the Washington system that trained him, through his election as Vice President and the transitional year, 1964, when JFK's assassination brought him to the highest office in the land; from the remarkable talents that brought him triumph, to the inner demons that tormented him and the flaws that engendered his ultimate tragedy.

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