Book review: why Lyndon Johnson, one of the most devoted political practitioners in democratic history, never became a real icon of popular culture

Brighton, Paul (2012) Book review: why Lyndon Johnson, one of the most devoted political practitioners in democratic history, never became a real icon of popular culture. LSE Review of Books (06 Aug 2012). Website.

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Robert Caro has been studying Lyndon Johnson, the 36th President of the United States (1963–1969), since 1976. The first volume of his epic, multi-volume The Years of Lyndon Johnson appeared thirty years ago, and follow-up volumes have appeared in 1990, 2002, and now in 2012. But the extraordinary journey is not yet complete. Caro, who has already spent 36 years chronicling Johnson’s 38-year Washington career (1931-69), has still barely mentioned Vietnam. However, he has finally got his man into the White House, ready to show his remarkable ability to translate ideals that Kennedy could only dream about into tangible legislation, written, as Johnson would famously say, into the book of law. Reviewed by Paul Brighton. The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Volume 4: The Passage of Power. Robert Caro. May 2012. Knopf Publishing.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information:	© 2012 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States)
Date Deposited:	31 Oct 2012 14:44
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 12:55
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/47214

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