Lyndon B. Johnson

by Charles Peters

Book Overview

The towering figure who sought to transform America into a "Great Society" but whose ambitions and presidency collapsed in the tragedy of the Vietnam War Few figures in American history are as compelling and complex as Lyndon Baines Johnson, who established himself as the master of the U.S. Senate in the 1950s and succeeded John F. Kennedy in the White House after Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963. Charles Peters, a keen observer of Washington...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805082395
• ISBN13: 9780805082395
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Times Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.6"