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Pulitizer Prize biographer Robert A. Caro follows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career, describing Johnson's volatile relationship with John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy during the fight they waged for the 1960 Democratic nomination for president,
… More »Pulitizer Prize biographer Robert A. Caro follows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career, describing Johnson's volatile relationship with John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy during the fight they waged for the 1960 Democratic nomination for president, through Johnson's unhappy vice presidency, his assumption to the presidency after Kennedy's assassination, his victories over the budget and civil rights, and the eroding trap of Vietnam.
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Add a CommentFascinating insights into the personalities of LBJ and RFK and their mutual loathing.
What a masterful book! This is a long, worthwhile read into a fairly short period of Johnson's life. I wasn't that interested in LBJ before I read this, but now I can't wait for the next volume.
I loved reading this book, found it engrossing, and couldn't wait to pick it back up again every time I had to detach over the course of the couple weeks it took me to read it. But I have to say, Caro could use a good copyeditor. The redundancies can be distracting, and his careful work deserves better. The book is (otherwise) very well designed, and fun to hold and turn through, even given how heavy it is (somehow its heft is a feature of the design). More of my thoughts on this book, here: http://www.wac6.com/wac6/2012/06/robert-caro-needs-1-a-copy-editor-and-2-a-producer-for-his-footnotes.html
This is a worthy addition to the outstanding series on the life and times of Lyndon Johnson. I've learned so much about the American political system through reading these books. And each in the series is dramatically structured such that I can hardly but the books down. I look forward to the 5th book in the series.
Robert Caro is far and away one of our best biographers of one of our most dynamic and flawed leaders. The details of Johnson's attempt to win the presidency, help to secure the same for Kennedy, and the subsequent diminution of this powerful man during the Kennedy years is, well, fascinating. Caro is the ultimate American research historian and biographer.
Hopefully he is aging like wine. . .
Caro is in his seventies. I hope that we don't have to wait another ten years for the volumn on his presidency.