Lone Star Rising: Vol. 1

Author: Robert Dallek
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0195079043
Category: Medical

Lone Star Rising: Vol. 1: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1908-1960

Like other great figures of 20th-century American politics, Lyndon Johnson defies easy understanding. Download Lone Star Rising: Vol. 1 medical books for free.
An unrivaled master of vote swapping, back room deals, and election-day skulduggery, he was nevertheless an outspoken New Dealer with a genuine commitment to the poor and the underprivileged. With aides and colleagues he could be overbearing, crude, and vindictive, but at other times shy, sophisticated, and magnanimous. Perhaps columnist Russell Baker said it best: Johnson "was a character out of a Russian novel...a storm of warring human instincts: sinner and saint, buffoon and statesman, cynic and sentimentalist."
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An unrivaled master of vote swapping, back room deals, and election-day skulduggery, he was nevertheless an outspoken New Dealer with a genuine commitment to the poor and the underprivileged. With aides and colleagues he could be overbearing, crude, and vindictive, but at other times shy, sophisticated, and magnanimous. Perhaps columnist Russell Baker said it best: Johnson "was a character out of a Russian novel. His career speaks volumes about American politics, foreign policy, and

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