LBJ: A Life - Softcover

Unger, Irwin; Unger, Debi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471395226 ISBN 13: 9780471395225

Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2000

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Book by Unger Irwin Unger Debi

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"...recommended to anyone interested in the life and extraordinary career of the driven, tormented, dynamic and complex man who would probably have become one of the greatest US presidents ever were it not for Vietnam..." (Irish Times (Dublin), 30 November 2002)

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"A careful, comprehensive portrait of a complex figure, a man both eminently practical and deeply principled, who looms large over the middle of our century." Kirkus Reviews In LBJ: A Life, Pulitzer prize-winning authors Irwin Unger and Debi Unger provide a vivid portrait of the life of Lyndon B. Johnson, from his humble origins to his rise to America's highest office. The book explores the political and personal influences that made Johnson such an unpredictable, charismatic, and difficult person, depicting his life as a constant tension between political expediency and a deeply felt moral obligation to build the American "Great Society." From the hard scrabble life of the Texas hill country to the colorful Lone Star elections that provided an entree into national politics, to power politics in Washington, this highly readable biography traces the life, influences, and motivations of the man who occupied the Oval Office during one of the nation's most tumultuous periods.

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• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0471395226
• ISBN 13: 9780471395225
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 592