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Lyndon Johnson and the American dream / Doris Kearns Goodwin

By:

Goodwin, Doris Kearns [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : St. Martin's Press, c1976Description: xxii, 421 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

312060270

Subject(s):

BIOGRAPHIES

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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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National University - Manila	LRC - Annex Relegation Room	General Education	GC E 847 .G66 1976 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000004356

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Includes index.

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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