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7) Path to war
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Beginning after his election to the Presidency, Lyndon Johnson's dreams for "The Great Society" and his vision for civil rights in America were overshadowed by the Vietnam War. Johnson watches the nation react to the deaths of young Americans overseas.
Author
Series
Years of Lyndon Johnson volume 4
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Pulitizer Prize biographer Robert A. Caro follows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career, describing Johnson's volatile relationship with John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy during the fight they waged for the 1960 Democratic nomination for president, through Johnson's unhappy vice presidency, his assumption to the presidency after Kennedy's assassination, his victories over the budget and civil...
Author
Publisher
ABDO
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A brief biography of former first lady Lady Bird Johnson that profiles her childhood, education, and marriage, and describes the events that brought her to the White House and life after her husband's presidency.