Flawed Giant - Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1961-1973

Zusatztext Historian Robert Dallek has vividly brought to life one of the true originals of American politics. Avoiding the demonology that has marred other accounts of this fascinating man, Dallek shows not only his failures and his excesses but also his gargantuan accomplishments and subtle mind. Here is a Johnson without tears or cheers but in a clear, steady light.--The Washington Post Book World Informationen zum Autor Robert Dallek is Professor of History at Boston University. He is the author of several books, including Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy, for which he won a Bancroft Prize and was nominated for an American Book Award. He lives in Washington, D.C. Klappentext Lone Star Rising, the first volume in Robert Dallek's biography of LBJ, was hailed as 'a triumphant portrait of Lyndon Johnson as rich and oversized and complex as the nation that shaped him'. Now, in the final volume, Dallek takes us through Johnson's tumultous years in the White House, his unprecedented accomplishments there, and the tragic war that would be his downfall. Zusammenfassung Lone Star Rising, the first volume in Robert Dallek's biography of LBJ, was hailed as 'a triumphant portrait of Lyndon Johnson as rich and oversized and complex as the nation that shaped him'. Now, in the final volume, Dallek takes us through Johnson's tumultous years in the White House, his unprecedented accomplishments there, and the tragic war that would be his downfall.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Dallek, Robert (Professor of History Dallek, Dallek Robert
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.02.2000
• EAN: 9780195132380
• ISBN: 978-0-19-513238-0
• No. of pages: 768
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; USA, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Politics & government, c 1960 to c 1970, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, c 1970 to c 1980, Biography: historical, political and military