The article reviews the book "Indomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency" by Mark K. Updegrove.HelicherKarlLibrary JournalRusk and Rusk, As I Saw It, 483; Mark K. Updegrove, Indomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency (New York, NY: Crown, 2012), 262-263....
LBJ: Directed by Santiago Álvarez. With Lyndon B. Johnson. A montage of 1960s America, all focused on the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson.
On this plot of land bordering the Pedernales River, LBJ was born, died and is now buried. A sentimental place for him, it’s where he spent much of his presidency relaxing, hosting friends and dignitaries, and grappling with national affairs in a home that became known as the Texas Whi...
"The Pump" rebroadcasts a look at a new heart pump that may save the lives of those who cannot get heart transplants. "LBJ Tapes" rebroadcasts a segment on the tape recordings made by Lyndon Johnson and his wife during his presidency. "Con...See more Read more: Plot summary ...
Walter Jenkins:There's just no power in the vice presidency. Lyndon B. Johnson:Walter, how long you been with me? Walter Jenkins:21 years. Lyndon B. Johnson:And in 21 years, can you think of a time that I have taken over a new office, and not made it 100 times more powerful than...
LBJ, new global challengesJohnson presidency, Cold War crisesCold War, force shaping U.S. foreign policyebb and flow of the Cold WarJohnson approach to global problemsrise of environmentalism, the 1960sbroader Great Society agendaLBJ, population growth and food shortage...
The 36th president of the United States was Lyndon Baines Johnson, more commonly referred to as LBJ. LBJ was originally the vice president under John F. Kennedy until Kennedy’s assassination in 1963 when LBJ was sworn in shortly after and held the position until 1969. Before his presidency,...
The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands. Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity. We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful...
Today’s conventional wisdom about Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidency tends to see a liberalism that largely failed due to domestic policy overreach and the administration’s disastrous handling of the Vietnam War, and that set in in motion two generations of reactionary politics. While t...
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, who attended with Maine’s congressional delegation and other dignitaries, noted that Johnson, a Navy veteran, was thrust into the presidency “in one of our darkest hours” after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The Civil Rights Act, she said, “cha...