Ebook: The passage of power
- Tags: Johnson Lyndon B. -- (Lyndon Baines) -- 1908-1973. United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969. 20th Century. Presidents. Politics and government United States.
- Series: The Years of Lyndon Johnson [#4]
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- City: New York, Array
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- epub
Pulitizer Prize biographer Robert A. Caro follows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career, describing Johnson's volatile relationship with John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy during the fight they waged for the 1960 Democratic nomination for president, through Johnson's unhappy vice presidency, his assumption to the presidency after Kennedy's assassination, his Read more...
Abstract: Pulitizer Prize biographer Robert A. Caro follows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career, describing Johnson's volatile relationship with John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy during the fight they waged for the 1960 Democratic nomination for president, through Johnson's unhappy vice presidency, his assumption to the presidency after Kennedy's assassination, his victories over the budget and civil rights, and the eroding trap of Vietnam