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Reaching for glory
Lyndon Johnson's secret White House tapes, 1964-1965
By Beschloss, Michael R.
- ISBN
- 978-0-68480-408-8
- Publisher
- New York : Simon & Schuster, c2001.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2002
Many of the most important events of President Johnson's administration e.g., passage of the Voting Rights Act and Great Society legislation and the decision to escalate the war in Vietnam took place in 1964-65. As he did in Taking Charge (S. & S., 1997), the first volume of this planned trilogy, Beschloss splendidly edits and annotates Johnson's secret telephone recordings. Much of the book describes Johnson's decision to expand the Vietnam Wa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
