"This volume of essays is a superb contribution to the growing body of scholarship on LBJ and his presidency. Lerner, himself one of the country's leading experts on Johnson, has assembled a first-rate cast of contributors."--Randall B. Woods, author, LBJ: Architect of American …
History has labeled Lyndon B. Johnson ""Lincoln's successor."" But how did a southern president representing a predominately conservative state, with connections to some of the nation's leading segregationists, come to play such an influential role in civil rights history? In Fr…
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 insight…