A Companion to Lyndon B. Johnson - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Companion to Lyndon B. Johnson write by Mitchell B. Lerner. This book was released on 2012-02-13. A Companion to Lyndon B. Johnson available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This companion offers an overview of Lyndon B. Johnson's life, presidency, and legacy, as well as a detailed look at the central arguments and scholarly debates from his term in office. Explores the legacy of Johnson and the historical significance of his years as president Covers the full range of topics, from the social and civil rights reforms of the Great Society to the increased American involvement in Vietnam Incorporates the dramatic new evidence that has come to light through the release of around 8,000 phone conversations and meetings that Johnson secretly recorded as President
Mutual Contempt: Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, and the Feud that Defined a Decade
Mutual Contempt: Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, and the Feud that Defined a Decade - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mutual Contempt: Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, and the Feud that Defined a Decade write by Jeff Shesol. This book was released on 1998-10-17. Mutual Contempt: Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, and the Feud that Defined a Decade available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Mutual Contempt is at once a fascinating study in character and an illuminating meditation on the role character can play in shaping history."—Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Lyndon Johnson and Robert Kennedy loathed each other. Their antagonism, propelled by clashing personalities, contrasting views, and a deep, abiding animosity, would drive them to a bitterness so deep that even civil conversation was often impossible. Played out against the backdrop of the turbulent 1960s, theirs was a monumental political battle that would shape federal policy, fracture the Democratic party, and have a lasting effect on the politics of our times. Drawing on previously unexamined recordings and documents, as well as memoirs, biographies, and scores of personal interviews, Jeff Shesol weaves the threads of this epic story into a compelling narrative that reflects the impact of LBJ and RFK's tumultuous relationship on politics, civil rights, the war on poverty, and the war in Vietnam. As Publishers Weekly noted, "This is indispensable reading for both experts on the period and newcomers to the history of that decade." "An exhaustive and fascinating history. . . . Shesol's grasp of the era's history is sure, his tale often entertaining, and his research awesome."—Russell Baker, New York Review of Books "Thorough, provocative. . . . The story assumes the dimensions of a great drama played out on a stage too vast to comprehend."—Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post (1997 Critic's Choice) "This is the most gripping political book of recent years."—Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
Murder from Within
Murder from Within - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Murder from Within write by Fred T. Newcomb. This book was released on 2011-11-03. Murder from Within available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Written in 1974 Murder From Within will show what actually happened to President Kennedy, the consequences of his murder, and what action Americans can take to protect their institutions from further internal assault. The problem of usurpation from within and illegitimate and bloody transfer of power is as old as political history itself. Betrayal from within from the leaders own inner circle dates all the way back to Julius Caesar and Jesus Christ. Centuries ago, several Roman Emperors were killed by their own Praetorian guards. This plot, which involved only a handful of high officials and a few Secret Service Agents, called for President Kennedy to be maneuvered to Dallas and executed in public. His body was then forcibly removed from the control of the Dallas Coroner and flown to Washingon, D.C., to a military hospital. There, autopsy findings were supervised to foil a later investigation and implicate a scapegoat. The plot required a high probability of success. Therefore, it was self-contained: carefully recruited members of the Secret Service- the Presidents guards- murdered him. The portability of a motorcade allowed the assassins to escape and the evidence to remain under their control. With their obvious cover as guards, the Secret Service could ensure that the planning would result in the replacement of one chief executive with another who now had the power to cover the crime up. The scapegoat for the crime was placed near the motorcade by being told to look for work at locations on one of two likely parade routes. Once he had a job, the motorcade was planned to pass in front of where he worked. In this way, it would appear that he had found his position by accident. To plan the route first and then place the scapegoat in position would raise serious questions in an investigation about his prior knowledge. Seven years in the making Murder From Within shows exactly and in detail how a small high level group within Kennedys own Cabinet betrayed him and killed him to benefit an ambitious Vice President determined to become President no matter what.
Remaking the Democratic Party
Remaking the Democratic Party - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Remaking the Democratic Party write by Hanes Walton. This book was released on 2016-08-09. Remaking the Democratic Party available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Examining Southern support for Johnson throughout his political career and his transformative leadership of the Democratic Party
Lyndon Johnson and Europe
Lyndon Johnson and Europe - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lyndon Johnson and Europe write by Thomas Alan Schwartz. This book was released on 2003. Lyndon Johnson and Europe available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. He faced the dilemmas of maintaining the cohesion of the alliance, especially with the French withdrawal from NATO, while trying to reduce tensions between eastern and western Europe, managing bitter conflicts over international monetary and trade policies, and prosecuting an escalating war in Southeast Asia."--BOOK JACKET.
