1908-1973

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1908-1973

Lyndon, an oral biography

1980
A biography of Lyndon Johnson ranging from his birth to his death in 1973. Includes interviews with Lady Bird, John Kenneth Galbraith, J. William Fulbright, Larry O'Brien, Hubert Humphrey, and hundreds of others.

The Kennedy assassination--24 hours after

Lyndon B. Johnson's pivotal first day as president
2009
Chronicles the events that took place within the twenty-four hours after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and discusses Lyndon B. Johnson's ascension to power.

The story of the Great Society

1991
Describes the social reform work done by President Johnson and the significant legislative accomplishments through which he hoped to help blacks and the poor of America.

Assassination and its aftermath

how a photograph reassured a shocked nation
2014
Explores the photographs of the official White House photographer, Cecil Stoughton, and describes how his pictures of the smooth succession of power after Kennedy's assassination reassured many shocked Americans.

Lyndon Baines Johnson

1992
Examines the life and political career of Lyndon B. Johnson, and explains how his foreign policy failures overrode the successes of his domestic programs.

Into the quagmire

Lyndon Johnson and the escalation of the Vietnam War
1991
An account of America's deepening involvement in Vietnam between November 1964 and July 1965.

The unmaking of a president

Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam
1977

The politician

the life and times of Lyndon Johnson : the drive for power, from the frontier to master of the Senate
1982

Remembering America

a voice from the sixties
1988
A political tour of the 1960s with Goodwin's memoirs of John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, and Eugene McCarthy.

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