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Lyndon B. Johnson : portrait of a president

Author: Robert Dallek
Publisher: Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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A single-volume, abridged edition of the two-volume portrait offers insight into the president's ambitious and demanding personality, his achievements in the White House, and his personal reflections on the challenges of the Vietnam War.
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Genre/Form: Biographie (Descripteur de forme)
Biography
Named Person: Lyndon B Johnson; Lyndon B Johnson
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Robert Dallek
ISBN: 0195159209 9780195159202
OCLC Number: 52377425
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).
Description: x, 396 p. ; 24 cm.
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.
Responsibility: Robert Dallek.
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A single-volume, abridged edition of the two-volume portrait offers insight into the president's ambitious and demanding personality, his achievements in the White House, and his personal reflections on the challenges of the Vietnam War.

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