Reaching for glory : Lyndon Johnson's secret White House tapes, 1964-1965
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Reaching for glory : Lyndon Johnson's secret White House tapes, 1964-1965
（A Touchstone book）
Simon & Schuster, 2002, c2001
- : pbk
Available at 4 libraries
Note
"First Touchstone edition 2002"--T.p. verso
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Transcribing, editing, and explaining the most powerful moments from hundreds of hours of newly released LBJ tapes, Michael Beschloss has added another lasting treasure to the American historical record. Reaching for Glory exposes the inner workings of the Johnson presidency from the summer of 1964 through the summer of 1965.
From behind the scenes, you will hear Johnson pulling the strings of his presidential campaign against Barry Goldwater and pursuing his feud with the new senator Robert Kennedy. He agonizes over Martin Luther King, Jr., and the bloody march on Selma, Alabama, and twists arms on Capitol Hill to pass voting rights, Medicare, and more basic laws than any American president before or since. Above all, you will hear him sending young Americans off to Vietnam while privately insisting that the war can never be won.
Winding Johnson's voice and exclusive excerpts from Lady Bird Johnson's private diaries into a gripping narrative, Michael Beschloss provides context and historical insights, showing how profoundly LBJ changed the presidency and the country. Reaching for Glory allows us to live at Lyndon Johnson's side, day by day, through the dramatic, triumphant, and catastrophic year of a turbulent presidency that continues to affect us all.
Table of Contents
Contents
PROLOGUE: "Jackie, I Love You!"
1. Mudslinging Campaign
2. Sex Scandal in the Throne Room
3. A Landslide Can't Buy Happiness
4. Girding for Battles
5. "I Don't See Any Way of Winning"
6. "It May Look Like I'm Stirring Up These Marches"
7. "The Kids Are Led by Communist Groups"
8. "Do We Let Castro Take Over?"
9. "I Don't Believe They're Ever Going to Quit"
10. "We Know It's Going to Be Bad"
EPILOGUE: Riding on a Crest
EDITOR'S NOTE
CAST OF CHARACTERS
APPENDIX
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX
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