Lyndon Johnson Remembered An Intimate Portrait of a Presidency

, by Cowger, Thomas W.; Markman, Sherwin J.; Johnson, Luci Baines; Bookbinder, Hyman; Califano, Joseph; Cross, James; Duggan, Ervin S.; Katzenbach, Nicholas deb; Levinson, Lawrence; Markman, Sherwin; McNulty, Jack; Middleton, Harry; Rosenblatt, Peter R.; Valen

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ISBN: 9780742527980 | 0742527980
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 7/28/2003

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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

Foreword

Luci Baines Johnson

Section One Johnson in Literature and History

(18)

They Will Never Remember Me: Johnson in Historical Literature

(16)

Thomas W. Cowger

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

(40)

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

(12)

James Cross

Lyndon Johnson: An Awesome Engine of a Man

(10)

Jack Valenti

Some Aspects of Lyndon Johnson's Personality

(16)

Sherwin J. Markman

Section Three Measure Each Word: Johnson the Communicator

(10)

Words Mattered: Johnson the Communicator

(8)

Jack McNulty

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

(14)

Making Friends in Congress: LBJ and Congressional Relations

(12)

Sherwin J. Markman

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

(40)

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

(6)

Ervin S. Duggan

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

(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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