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  • Hardcover: 752 pages
  • Publisher: OUP USA (7 Nov 1991)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0195054350
  • ISBN-13: 978-0195054354
  • Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 16.5 x 5.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Previous studies of the rise of Lyndon B. Johnson have concentrated on his ruthless careerism without giving him due credit for his political brilliance, his genuine concern for minorities and the repressed, and his role in fully integrating the South into modern America. Beginning with his early days in Texas, his progress from Representatives to Senate, and his role as Majority Leader under Eisenhower, this first volume in Robert Dallek's biography ends with his nomination as Vice-President in 1960. This balanced account presents the LBJ esteemed by the likes of Roosevelt and Kennedy.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A detail rich biography, 8 Aug 1999
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This is a good biography of Lyndon Johnson's early years up to the 1960 Presidential election when he became Vice President. It is particularly good it its detailed treatment of how Johnson used political power to both further the interests of the United States and his own career. Dallek has done a masterful job in showing Johnson tenacious and authentic philanthropy as well as his self-interested overbearingness. This is a great read for persons seeking a fair and reasonably objective biography about Johnson.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and insightful, 5 April 1999
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A history of Lyndon Johnson from birth to the time he is offered the vice-presidential spot on Kennedy's ticket, the book is detailed without being tedious. It gives a balanced, objective account of Johnson's life as well as his motivations and influences. It casts him in neither a positive nor negative light, but as something of a paradox... a man with good intentions but dirty means... a bigoted man who genuinely cared for minorities. A fair account of a complex man that keeps the reader coming back for the next page. Well-documented and researched. Very good book.
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