Doris Kearns Goodwin's classic life of Lyndon Johnson, who presided over the Great Society, the Vietnam War & other defining moments the tumultuous '60s, is a monument in political biography. From the moment the author, then a young woman from Harvard, 1st encountered President Johnson at a White House dance in the spring of 67, she became fascinated by the man: his character, his enormous energy & drive, & his manner of wielding these gifts in an endless pursuit of power. As a member of his White House staff, she soon became his personal confidante. In the years before his death he revealed himself to her as to no other.
Widely praised & enormously popular, Lyndon Johnson & the American Dream is a biography like few others. With insight & a richly engrossing style, the author renders LBJ in all his vibrant, conflicted humanity.
Preface
Prologue
Growing up
Education & the dream of success
The making of a politician
Rise to power in the senate
The senate leader
The vice-presidency
The transition year
The great society
Vietnam
Things go wrong
Under siege in the White House
The withdrawal
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Author's Postscript
Notes
Index