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American Presidents Series
Henry Holt and Co.
June 2010
On Sale: June 8, 2010
Featuring: Lyndon Baines Johnson
192 pages
ISBN: 0805082395
EAN: 9780805082395
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
The towering figure who sought to transform America into
a "Great Society" but whose ambitions and presidency
collapsed in the tragedy of the Vietnam War Few
figures in American history are as compelling and complex as
Lyndon Baines Johnson, who established himself as the master
of the U.S. Senate in the 1950s and succeeded John F.
Kennedy in the White House after Kennedy's assassination on
November 22, 1963. Charles Peters, a keen observer of
Washington politics for more than five decades, tells the
story of Johnson's presidency as the tale of an immensely
talented politician driven by ambition and desire. As part
of the Kennedy-Johnson administration from 1961 to 1968,
Peters knew key players, including Johnson's aides, giving
him inside knowledge of the legislative wizardry that led to
historic triumphs like the Voting Rights Act and the
personal insecurities that led to the tragedy of
Vietnam. Peters's experiences have given him unique
insight into the poisonous rivalry between Johnson and
Robert F. Kennedy, showing how their misunderstanding of
each other exacerbated Johnson's self-doubt and led him into
the morass of Vietnam, which crippled his presidency and
finally drove this larger-than-life man from the office that
was his lifelong ambition.
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