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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100195159209
ISBN-139780195159202
eBay Product ID (ePID)2885535
Product Key Features
Book TitleLyndon B. Johnson : Portrait of a President
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
TopicUnited States / 20th Century, Presidents & Heads of State, Political
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorRobert Dallek
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight26.8 Oz
Item Length6.4 in
Item Width9.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-011360
Reviews"Robert Dallek is a gifted biographer, and he is also an astute observer of politics and foreign policy. In Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President, he writes of a president trying to sustain a war in a far-off place, a war that is growing progressively unwinnable and unpopular, a war the flimsy legal authority for which rests on a congressional resolution that the public has come to understand was exaggerated at best, trumped up at worst.... This biography is timely. However you view the parallels between Vietnam and Iraq, you can't read this book and not feel they are with us."--Boston Globe "This abridgement of Dallek's masterly two-volume biography, Lone Star Rising and Flawed Giant, is a welcome addition to the literature...excellent for all readers who want a refresher or introduction to Lyndon Johnson."--Library Journal "In Dallek's hands, Johnson is complex, deceitful, and idealistic, and the author shows why the man's legacy, both positive and negative, will always command interest and debate."--Booklist, "This abridgement of Dallek's masterly two-volume biography, Lone StarRising and Flawed Giant, is a welcome addition to the literature...excellent forall readers who want a refresher or introduction to Lyndon Johnson."--LibraryJournal, "Robert Dallek is a gifted biographer, and he is also an astute observer of politics and foreign policy. In Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President, he writes of a president trying to sustain a war in a far-off place, a war that is growing progressively unwinnable and unpopular, a war the flimsy legal authority for which rests on a congressional resolution that the public has come to understand was exaggerated at best, trumped up at worst.... This biography is timely. However you view the parallels between Vietnam and Iraq, you can't read this book and not feel they are with us."--Boston Globe"This abridgement of Dallek's masterly two-volume biography, Lone Star Rising and Flawed Giant, is a welcome addition to the literature...excellent for all readers who want a refresher or introduction to Lyndon Johnson."--Library Journal"In Dallek's hands, Johnson is complex, deceitful, and idealistic, and the author shows why the man's legacy, both positive and negative, will always command interest and debate."--Booklist, "Dallek's work reflects impressive detachment toward a figure about whom few were neutral, least of all LBJ himself.... In Dallek's hands, Johnson is complex, deceitful, and idealistic, and the author shows why the man's legacy, both positive and negative, will always command interest anddebate."--Booklist, "Robert Dallek is a gifted biographer, and he is also an astute observer of politics and foreign policy. In Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President , he writes of a president trying to sustain a war in a far-off place, a war that is growing progressively unwinnable and unpopular, a war the flimsy legal authority for which rests on a congressional resolution that the public has come to understand was exaggerated at best, trumped up at worst.... This biography is timely. However you view the parallels between Vietnam and Iraq, you can't read this book and not feel they are with us."-- Boston Globe "This abridgement of Dallek's masterly two-volume biography, Lone Star Rising and Flawed Giant , is a welcome addition to the literature...excellent for all readers who want a refresher or introduction to Lyndon Johnson."-- Library Journal "In Dallek's hands, Johnson is complex, deceitful, and idealistic, and the author shows why the man's legacy, both positive and negative, will always command interest and debate."-- Booklist, "Robert Dallek is a gifted biographer, and he is also an astute observerof politics and foreign policy. In Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President,he writes of a president trying to sustain a war in a far-off place, a war thatis growing progressively unwinnable and unpopular, a war the flimsy legalauthority for which rests on a congressional resolution that the public has cometo understand was exaggerated at best, trumped up at worst.... This biography istimely. However you view the parallels between Vietnam and Iraq, you can't readthis book and not feel they are with us."--Boston Globe, "Dallek's work reflects impressive detachment toward a figure about whomfew were neutral, least of all LBJ himself.... In Dallek's hands, Johnson iscomplex, deceitful, and idealistic, and the author shows why the man's legacy,both positive and negative, will always command interest anddebate."--Booklist, "This abridgement of Dallek's masterly two-volume biography, Lone Star Rising and Flawed Giant, is a welcome addition to the literature...excellent for all readers who want a refresher or introduction to Lyndon Johnson."--Library Journal, "Robert Dallek is a gifted biographer, and he is also an astute observer of politics and foreign policy. In Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President, he writes of a president trying to sustain a war in a far-off place, a war that is growing progressively unwinnable and unpopular, a war theflimsy legal authority for which rests on a congressional resolution that the public has come to understand was exaggerated at best, trumped up at worst.... This biography is timely. However you view the parallels between Vietnam and Iraq, you can't read this book and not feel they are withus."--Boston Globe
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal973.923/092 B
SynopsisRobert Dallek's brilliant two-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson has received an avalanche of praise. Michael Beschloss, in The Los Angeles Times , said that it "succeeds brilliantly." The New York Times called it "rock solid" and The Washington Post hailed it as "invaluable." And Sidney Blumenthal in The Boston Globe wrote that it was "dense with astonishing incidents." Now Dallek has condensed his two-volume masterpiece into what is surely the finest one-volume biography of Johnson available. Based on years of research in over 450 manuscript collections and oral histories, as well as numerous personal interviews, this biography follows Johnson, the "human dynamo," from the Texas hill country to the White House. We see LBJ, in the House and the Senate, whirl his way through sixteen- and eighteen-hour days, talking, urging, demanding, reaching for influence and power, in an uncommonly successful congressional career. Then, in the White House, 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 and environmental protection to the most significant advances in civil rights for black Americans ever achieved. And we see the depth of Johnson's private anguish as he became increasingly ensnared in Vietnam. In these pages Johnson emerges as a man of towering intensity and anguished insecurity, of grandiose ambition and grave self-doubt, a man who was brilliant, crude, intimidating, compassionate, overbearing, driven: "A tornado in pants." Gracefully written and delicately balanced, this singular biography reveals both the greatness and the tangled complexities of one of the most extravagant characters ever to step onto the presidential stage., Robert Dallek's brilliant two-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson has received an avalanche of praise. Michael Beschloss, in The Los Angeles Times, said that it "succeeds brilliantly." The New York Times called it "rock solid" and The Washington Post hailed it as "invaluable." And SidneyBlumenthal in The Boston Globe wrote that it was "dense with astonishing incidents." Now Dallek has condensed his two-volume masterpiece into what is surely the finest one-volume biography of Johnson available. Based on years of research in over 450 manuscript collections and oral histories, as well as numerous personal interviews, this biography follows Johnson, the "humandynamo," from the Texas hill country to the White House. We see LBJ, in the House and the Senate, whirl his way through sixteen- and eighteen-hour days, talking, urging, demanding, reaching for influence and power, in an uncommonly successful congressional career. Then, in the White House, we seeJohnson as the visionary leader who worked his will on Congress like no president before or since, enacting a range of crucial legislation, from Medicare and environmental protection to the most significant advances in civil rights for black Americans ever achieved. And we see the depth of Johnson'sprivate anguish as he became increasingly ensnared in Vietnam. In these pages Johnson emerges as a man of towering intensity and anguished insecurity, of grandiose ambition and grave self-doubt, a man who was brilliant, crude, intimidating, compassionate, overbearing, driven: "A tornado in pants." Gracefully written and delicately balanced, thissingular biography reveals both the greatness and the tangled complexities of one of the most extravagant characters ever to step onto the presidential stage., Robert Dallek's brilliant two-volume biography of Lyndon Johnson has received an avalanche of praise. Michael Beschloss, in The Los Angeles Times, said that it "succeeds brilliantly." The New York Times called it "rock solid" and The Washington Post hailed it as "invaluable." And Sidney Blumenthal in The Boston Globe wrote that it was "dense with astonishing incidents." Now Dallek has condensed his two-volume masterpiece into what is surely the finest one-volume biography of Johnson available. Based on years of research in over 450 manuscript collections and oral histories, as well as numerous personal interviews, this biography follows Johnson, the "human dynamo," from the Texas hill country to the White House. We see LBJ, in the House and the Senate, whirl his way through sixteen- and eighteen-hour days, talking, urging, demanding, reaching for influence and power, in an uncommonly successful congressional career. Then, in the White House, 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 and environmental protection to the most significant advances in civil rights for black Americans ever achieved. And we see the depth of Johnson's private anguish as he became increasingly ensnared in Vietnam. In these pages Johnson emerges as a man of towering intensity and anguished insecurity, of grandiose ambition and grave self-doubt, a man who was brilliant, crude, intimidating, compassionate, overbearing, driven: "A tornado in pants." Gracefully written and delicately balanced, this singular biography reveals both the greatness and the tangled complexities of one of the most extravagant characters ever to step onto the presidential stage.
LC Classification NumberE847.D26 2003
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- 21. Jul. 2020
Interesting read
Not the quality of his book on JFK as it is a condensed version of two books . Some areas are short with no description, like a history book . Over all good but not great .Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
