The politician : the life and times of Lyndon Johnson : the drive for power, from the frontier to master of the Senate / by Ronnie Dugger.
1982
E847 .D78 1982 (Mapit)
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Title
The politician : the life and times of Lyndon Johnson : the drive for power, from the frontier to master of the Senate / by Ronnie Dugger.
Author
Dugger, Ronnie.
ISBN
039301598X
9780393015980
9780393015980
Imprint
New York : Norton, ©1982.
Language
English
Description
514 pages, 46 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number
E847 .D78 1982
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.923/092/4
Summary
Traces the life of Johnson and examines such contradictory actions as his use of politics to attain wealth for himself as well as social reforms for the poor.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 474-499) and index.
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Table of Contents
Origins of American bellicosity in Johnson's southwest
Populism and compromise in Johnson's family
Hell-Raising and wandering
The politician emerges
The heritage in action
Moving into position
Fast shadow in a power plant
Defeat, and then the war
Turning the golden key
Oscillations idealism reaction
Victory by theft
Darting to the top
In the wider view.
Populism and compromise in Johnson's family
Hell-Raising and wandering
The politician emerges
The heritage in action
Moving into position
Fast shadow in a power plant
Defeat, and then the war
Turning the golden key
Oscillations idealism reaction
Victory by theft
Darting to the top
In the wider view.