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JFK and LBJ - The Last Two Great Presidents (Paperback)
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JFK and LBJ - The Last Two Great Presidents (Paperback)
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Loot Price R464
Discovery Miles 4 640
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A firsthand observer weighs the achievements-and failures-of two
fabled American presidents As a young White House correspondent
during the Kennedy and Johnson years in Washington, D.C., Godfrey
Hodgson had a ringside seat covering the last two great presidents
of the United States, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, two
men who could not have been more different. Kennedy's wit and
dashing style, his renown as a national war hero, and his Ivy
League Boston Brahmin background stood in sharp contrast to Lyndon
Johnson's rural, humble origins in Texas, his blunt, forceful (but
effective) political style, his lackluster career in the navy, and
his grassroots populist instincts. Hodgson, a sharp-eyed witness
throughout the tenure of these two great men, now offers us a new
perspective enriched by his reflections since that time a
half-century ago. He offers us a fresh, dispassionate contrast of
these two great men by stripping away the myths to assess their
achievements, ultimately asking whether Johnson has been misjudged.
He suggests that LBJ be given his due by history, arguing that he
was as great a president as, perhaps even greater than, JFK. The
seed that grew into this book was the author's early perception
that JFK's performance in office was largely overrated while LBJ's
was consistently underrated. Hodgson asks key questions: If Kennedy
had lived, would he have matched Johnson's ambitious Great Society
achievements? Would he have avoided Johnson's disastrous commitment
in Vietnam? Would Nixon have been elected his successor, and if
not, how would American politics and parties look today? Hodgson
combines lively anecdotes with sober analyses to arrive at new
conclusions about the U.S. presidency and two of the most
charismatic figures ever to govern from the Oval Office.
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