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  • Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream

    (By Doris Kearns Goodwin)

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    Author Doris Kearns Goodwin
    “Book Descriptions: Doris Kearns Goodwin's classic life of Lyndon Johnson, who presided over the Great Society, the Vietnam War & other defining moments the tumultuous '60s, is a monument in political biography. From the moment the author, then a young woman from Harvard, 1st encountered President Johnson at a White House dance in the spring of 67, she became fascinated by the man: his character, his enormous energy & drive, & his manner of wielding these gifts in an endless pursuit of power. As a member of his White House staff, she soon became his personal confidante. In the years before his death he revealed himself to her as to no other.
    Widely praised & enormously popular, Lyndon Johnson & the American Dream is a biography like few others. With insight & a richly engrossing style, the author renders LBJ in all his vibrant, conflicted humanity.
    Preface
    Prologue
    Growing up
    Education & the dream of success
    The making of a politician
    Rise to power in the senate
    The senate leader
    The vice-presidency
    The transition year
    The great society
    Vietnam
    Things go wrong
    Under siege in the White House
    The withdrawal
    Epilogue
    Acknowledgments
    Author's Postscript
    Notes
    Index”

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