Taking Charge The Johnson White House Tapes

Lyndon Johnson's secretly recorded tapes offer us the only chance we are ever likely to have to eavesdrop on an American President from his first moments in office until the end. This universally acclaimed volume captures LBJ's private passions and bedrock beliefs as he takes command after John Kennedy's assassination; makes his first fateful decisions on civil rights, poverty, and Vietnam; and runs against Barry Goldwater for President. Michael Beschloss's observations and annotations enhance our understanding of Johnson, his era, and his lasting impact on American politics and culture.

Michael R. Beschloss has been called "the nation's leading presidential historian" by Newsweek. He is the author of The Crisis Years: Kennedy and Krushchev, 1960-1963; Mayday: Eisenhower, Krushchev and the U-2 Affair; and Kennedy and Roosevelt: The Uneasy Alliance. He is a regular commentator on PBS's The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and lives in Washington, D.C.

Contents

Prologue: The Fatal Trip to Texas
November 1963
2 December 1963
3 January 1964
4 February 1964
5 March 1964
6 April 1964
7 May 1964
8 June 1964
9 July 1964
10August 1964

Editor's Note
Cast of Characters
Appendix: The Warren Report and the Garrison Investigation
Acknowledgments
Index

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Taking Charge The Johnson White House Tapes 1963 1964

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