Lyndon Johnson Remembered An Intimate

In Lyndon Johnson Remembered: An Intimate Portrait of a Presidency Thomas W. Cowger and Sherwin J. Markman bring together essays by Johnson administration insiders reflecting on his personality, domestic agenda, and legacy.

Preface

xi

Foreword

xv

Luci Baines Johnson

Section One Johnson in Literature and History

1

(18)

They Will Never Remember Me: Johnson in Historical Literature

3

(16)

Thomas W. Cowger

Section Two Tall Texan in a Stetson: Johnson's Personality

19

(40)

An Uncommon, Common Man: LBJ's Pilot Remembers Him

21

(12)

James Cross

Lyndon Johnson: An Awesome Engine of a Man

33

(10)

Jack Valenti

Some Aspects of Lyndon Johnson's Personality

43

(16)

Sherwin J. Markman

Section Three Measure Each Word: Johnson the Communicator

59

(10)

Words Mattered: Johnson the Communicator

61

(8)

Jack McNulty

Section Four King of the Hill, the Great Coalition Builder: Johnson and Congress

69

(14)

Making Friends in Congress: LBJ and Congressional Relations

71

(12)

Sherwin J. Markman

Section Five "I Envision an America Where ...": Domestic Problems and the War on Poverty

83

(40)

Sending the Whole Country to Harvard: Lyndon Johnson's Education Revolution

85

(6)

Ervin S. Duggan

We Can No Longer Ignore Poverty in Our Midst: LBJ's Other War

91

(10)

Hyman Bookbinder

Through a Glass Lightly: Reminiscences of the Model Cities Act and LBJ's Dance with Legislation

101

(10)

Lawrence Levinson

Vietnam: Lyndon Johnson's Choice

111

(12)

Peter R. Rosenblatt

Section Six The Best We Ever Had: Johnson and Civil Rights

123

(26)

Toward a More Just America fur All: Johnson the Civil Rights Warrior

125

(14)

Nicholas deBelleville Katzenbach

The Wind at His Back: LBJ, Zephyr Wright, and Civil Rights

139

(10)

Lee White

Section Seven Retreat to the Ranch: Johnson in Retirement

149

(10)

The Lion in Winter: LBJ in Retirement

151

(8)

Harry Middleton

Section Eight Epilogue: Is the Beautiful Woman Really Dead? The Legacy of Lyndon Johnson and His Great Society

159

(26)

The Great Society's Bum Rap

161

(6)

Ben Wattenberg

The Ship Sails On

167

(18)

Joseph A. Califano Jr.

About the Contributors

185

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Lyndon Johnson Remembered An Intimate Portrait of a Presidency

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