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Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1961-1973
Robert Dallek
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Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Hardcover
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Dallek takes us through Johnson's tumultuous years in the White House, his unprecedented accomplishments there, and the tragic war that would be his downfall. Drawing on hundreds of newly released tapes and extensive interviews with those closest to LBJ - including fresh insights from Lady Bird and his press secretary Bill Moyers - Dallek takes us behind the scenes to give us a portrait of Johnson that is at once even-handed and completely engrossing. We see Johnson as the visionary leader who worked his will on Congress like no president before or since, enacting a range of crucial legislation, from Medicare, Clean Air and Water Acts, the establishment of the National Endowments for the Arts and for the Humanities, and Public Broadcasting to the most significant advances in civil rights for black Americans ever achieved. And we see for the first time the depth of Johnson's private anguish as he became increasingly ensnared in Vietnam, a war he did not want to expand and which destroyed his hopes for The Great Society and a second term.
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"Dallek tells this sometimes triumphant but also tragic story skillfully. He has an eye for the telling detail, a superb grasp of modern American political history, and a sympathetic though tough-minded approach to LBJ that results in an admirably balanced biography."
Ellen Fitzpatrick, Boston Book Review, July/August 1998
Review:"Robert Dallek's portrait of Johnson draws us into his complexity where a less able biographer would be either baffled or repelled by this monstrous benefactor of humanity. He succeeds to the point that by the end of the book we can enjoy Johnson's sheer intelligence, whilst being saddened at his inability to apply it to his own personality....This is a book that will grow in importance with the passing of the years."
Christopher Wortley, Literary Review, August 1998
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