Thu Jan 22 23:13:48 2009 UTClccn-n80-5801Presidents--United StatesLegislators--United StatesLegislators--Texas0.520.580.79Lyndon_B._Johnsonn 80005801oca00388414a118558153Johnson, Lyndon B.(Lyndon Baines),1908-1973Johnson, Lyndon Baines,1908-1973Chan-sên,Pres. U.S.,1908-1973Johnson, Lyndon Baines,Pres. U.S.,1908-1973Dzhonson, Lindon,1908-1973LBJ(Lyndon Baines Johnson),1908-1973ג'ונסון, לינדוןジョンソン,1908-1973lccn-n79-55297Kennedy, John F.(John Fitzgerald)1917-1963prflccn-n80-5802United StatesPresident (1963-1969 : Johnson)lccn-n79-18757Nixon, Richard M.(Richard Milhous)1913-1994prflccn-n79-66408Eisenhower, Dwight D.(Dwight David)1890-1969prflccn-n79-26910Humphrey, Hubert H.(Hubert Horatio)1911-1978lccn-n79-29742Truman, Harry S.1884-1972prflccn-n79-22932Roosevelt, Franklin D.(Franklin Delano)1882-1945prflccn-n80-35888Kennedy, Robert F.1925-1968lccn-n50-38949Johnson, Lady Bird1912-prflccn-n79-55618Stevenson, Adlai E.(Adlai Ewing)1900-1965Johnson, Lyndon B.(Lyndon Baines)1908-1973Johnson, Lyndon B.(Lyndon Baines)1908-1973600Speeches, addresses, etc., AmericanInterviewsAnnouncementsAddressesIntervention (International law)International relations--Decision makingValenti, JackInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.)United States.--Congress.--SenateCase studiesGoodwin, Richard NPolitical culturePresidents' spousesKennedy, Robert F.,--1925-1968Califano, Joseph A.,--1931-World politicsHumphrey, Hubert H.--1911-1978Roosevelt, Franklin D.--1882-1945Political and social viewsNixon, Richard M.--1913-1994Presidents--StaffGoldwater, Barry M.--1909-1998Economic policyVietnam War (1961-1975)Washington (D.C.)VietnamLegislatorsCivil rights movementsAssassinationRace relations--Political aspectsTruman, Harry S.,--1884-1972Voting Rights Act of 1965 (United States)Relations with African AmericansCivil Rights Act of 1964 (United States)Johnson, Lady Bird,--1912-2007Manners and customsKing, Martin Luther,--Jr.,--1929-1968Presidents--ElectionSocial policyAfrican Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.TexasJuvenile worksAfrican Americans--Civil rightsArchivesFriendshipInternational relationsSourcesKennedy, John F.--1917-1963HistoryBiographyPresidentsPolitical scienceUnited StatesJohnson, Lyndon B.--1908-197319081973193719381940194119421943194519461948194919501952195319541955195619571958195919601961196219631964196519661967196819691970197119721973197419751976197719781979198019811982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009194457book973.923e846ocn055678143ocn008515943ocn006924319ocn071330153ocn052138019ocn003699743ocn052620864ocn054058703ocn052541759ocn052704249ocn054058477ocn052541625ocn052541669ocn052541346ocn052541303ocn052541326ocn052541317ocn052541337ocn055657527ocn055657539ocn052541367ocn052541388ocn052704238ocn052541654ocn052541244ocn052541432ocn255091852ocn258582495ocn254681864ocn257904234ocn256104016ocn185840448ocn041498010ocn1226404223138395763303334814ocn000189005sw000189005:lccn-n80-5801Falsebook19710.52Johnson, Lyndon B173617362ocn037379827sw037379827:lccn-n80-5801Falsebook19970.53Johnson, Lyndon B0684804077151515152ocn047989966sw047989966:lccn-n80-5801Falsebook20010.53Johnson, Lyndon B0684804085115011501ocn000497077sw000497077:lccn-n80-5801Falsebook19680.60Johnson, Lyndon B114711617ocn054852654sw054852654:lccn-n80-5801Falsebook20040.53Johnson, Lyndon B

In this book, [the compiler], a leading authority on the assassination and longtime Washington journalist, presents the momentous telephone calls President Johnson made and received as he sought to stabilize the country and keep the government functioning in the wake of November 22, 1963. The transcripts begin on the day of the assassination and reveal the often chaotic activity behind the scenes as a nation in shock struggled to come to terms with the momentous events. The transcripts illuminate Johnson's relationship with Robert F. Kennedy, which flared instantly into animosity; the genuine warmth of his dealings with Jacqueline Kennedy; his contact with the FBI and CIA directors; and the advice he sought from friends and mentors as he wrestled with the painful transition. We eavesdrop on all the conversations - including those with leading journalists - that persuaded Johnson to abandon his initial plan to let Texas authorities investigate the assassination. Instead, we observe how he abruptly established a federal commission headed by a very reluctant chief justice of the Supreme Court, Earl Warren. We also learn how Johnson cajoled and drafted other prominent men - among them Senator Richard Russell (who detested Warren), Allen Dulles, John McCloy, and Gerald Ford - into serving." We see a sudden president under unimaginable pressure, contending with media frenzy and speculation on a worldwide scale. We witness the flow of inaccurate information - some of it from J. Edgar Hoover - amid rumors and theories about foreign involvement. And we glimpse Johnson addressing the mounting criticism of the Warren Commission after it released its still-controversial report in September 1964.-Back cover.

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Traces young Lyndon Johnson's rise from Texas poverty to political power, illuminating his political relationships

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[This book] 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. -Back cover.

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"Originally published in 1970 and now reissued in paperback, A White House Diary is Lady Bird Johnson's intimate, behind-the-scenes account of Lyndon Johnson's presidency from November 22, 1963, to January 20, 1969. Beginning with the tragic assassination of John F. Kennedy, which unexpectedly thrust her family into the White House, Mrs. Johnson records the momentous events fo her times, including the Great Society's War on Poverty, the national civil rights and social protest movements, her own activism on behalf of the environment, and the Vietnam War, which ultimately drove her husband to retire from political life. Interspersed among the public events are the private moments that reveal the humanity of a president's family--marriages, the births of grandchildren, and the anguish of sending sons-in-law to war."--Back cover.

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The first comprehensive account of the relationship between President Johnson and Martin Luther King uses FBI wiretaps, Johnson's taped telephone conversations, and previously undisclosed communications between the two to paint a fascinating portrait of this important relationship. Opposites in almost every way, mortally suspicious of each other at first, Lyndon Baines Johnson and Martin Luther King, Jr., were thrust together in the aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination. Both men sensed a historic opportunity and began a delicate dance of accommodation that moved them, and the entire nation, toward the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Drawing on a wealth of newly available sources -- Johnson's taped telephone conversations, voluminous FBI wiretap logs, previously secret communications between the FBI and the president -- Nick Kotz gives us a dramatic narrative, rich in dialogue, that presents this momentous period with thrilling immediacy. Judgment Days offers needed perspective on a presidency too often linked solely to the tragedy of Vietnam. We watch Johnson applying the arm-twisting tactics that made him a legend in the Senate, and we follow King as he keeps the pressure on in the South through protest and passive resistance. King's pragmatism and strategic leadership and Johnson's deeply held commitment to a just society shaped the character of their alliance. Kotz traces the inexorable convergence of their paths to an intense joint effort that made civil rights a legislative reality at last, despite FBI director J. Edgar Hoover's vicious whispering campaign to destroy King. Judgment Days also reveals how this spirit of teamwork disintegrated. The two leaders parted bitterly over King's opposition to the Vietnam War. In this first full account of the working relationship between Johnson and King, Kotz offers a detailed, surprising account that significantly enriches our understanding of both men and their time.

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Fought as fiercely by politicians and the public as by troops in Southeast Asia, the Vietnam War, its origins, its conduct, its consequences, is still being contested. In what will become the classic account, based on newly opened archival sources, David Kaiser rewrites what we know about this conflict. Reviving and expanding a venerable tradition of political, diplomatic, and military history, he shows not only why we entered the war but also why our efforts were doomed to fail. American Tragedy is the first book to draw on complete official documentation to tell the full story of how we became involved in Vietnam, and the story it tells decisively challenges widely held assumptions about the roles of Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson. Using an enormous range of source materials from these administrations, Kaiser shows how the policies that led to the war were developed during Eisenhower's tenure and nearly implemented in the closing days of his administration in response to a crisis in Laos; how Kennedy immediately reversed course on Laos and refused for three years to follow recommendations for military action in Southeast Asia; and how Eisenhower's policies reemerged in the military intervention mounted by the Johnson administration. As he places these findings in the context of the Cold War and broader American objectives, Kaiser offers the best analysis to date of the actual beginnings of the war in Vietnam, the impact of the American advisory mission from 1962 through 1965, and the initial strategy of General Westmoreland. A deft re-creation of the deliberations, actions, and deceptions that brought two decades of post-World War II confidence to an ignominious end, American Tragedy offers unparalleled insight into the Vietnam War at home and abroad, and into American foreign policy in the 1960s. Based on newly opened archival sources, American Tragedy draws on complete official documentation to tell the full story of how the US became involved in Vietnam, and decisively challenges widely held assumptions about the roles of Eisenhower, Kennedy, & Johnson.

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