The triumph and tragedy of Lyndon Johnson : the White House years
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1 online resource (1 audio file (17hr., 21 min.)) : digital.
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access - Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [United States] : Tantor Media, Inc., 2015.
- Distributor: Made available through hoopla
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Restrictions on Access Note: | Digital content provided by hoopla. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Norman Dietz. |
Summary, etc.: | President Lyndon Johnson was bigger than life-and no one who worked for him or was subjected to the "Johnson treatment" ever forgot it. As Johnson's "Deputy President of Domestic Affairs," Joseph A. Califano's unique relationship with the president greatly enriches our understanding of our thirty-sixth president. Califano shows listeners LBJ's commitment to economic and social revolution, and his willingness to do whatever it took to achieve his goals. He uncorks LBJ's legislative genius and reveals the political guile it took to pass laws in civil rights, poverty, immigration reform, health, education, environmental protection, consumer protection, the arts, and communications. A no-holds-barred account of Johnson's presidency, The Triumph and Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson is an intimate portrait of a president whose towering ambition for his country and himself reshaped America-and ultimately led to his decision to withdraw from the political arena in which he fought so hard. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Subject: | Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines) 1908-1973 Presidents United States Biography United States Politics and government 1963-1969 Califano, Joseph A Jr 1931- |
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