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Book Synopsis LBJ Library Oral History Collection by : Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
Download or read book LBJ Library Oral History Collection written by Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and published by . This book was released on 197? with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Lady Bird Johnson by : Michael L. Gillette
Download or read book Lady Bird Johnson written by Michael L. Gillette and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-12-03 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over a span of eighteen years, Lady Bird Johnson recorded forty-seven oral history interviews with Michael Gillette and his colleagues. These conversations, just released in 2011, form the heart of Lady Bird Johnson: An Oral History, an intimate story of a shy young country girl's transformation into one of America's most effective and admired First Ladies. Lady Bird Johnson's odyssey is one of personal and intellectual growth, political and financial ambition, and a shared life with Lyndon Baines Johnson, one of the most complicated, volatile, and powerful presidents of the 20th century. The former First Lady recounts how a cautious, conservative young woman succumbed to an ultimatum to marry a man she had known for less than three months, how she ran his congressional office during World War II, and how she transformed a struggling Austin radio station into the foundation of a communications empire. As a keen observer of the Washington scene during the eventful decades from the 1930s through the 1960s, Lady Bird Johnson shares dramatic accounts of pivotal moments in American history. We attend informal dinners at Sam Rayburn's apartment and opulent social events at grand mansions from an earlier age. Her rich verbal portraits bring to life scores of personalities, including First Ladies Edith Bolling Wilson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Truman, Mamie Eisenhower, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Pat Nixon. An informal, candid narrative by one of America's most admired First Ladies, this volume reveals how instrumental Lady Bird Johnson's support and guidance were at each stage of her husband's political ascent and how she herself emerged as a significant political force.
Download or read book Lyndon B. Johnson Oral History written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents transcripts of selected interviews from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library's oral history collection. Interview subjects are chiefly government or party officials, but also includes some journalists. Brief biographical information is provided for each subject. Additional interviews will be added as they are released by the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library.
Book Synopsis Historical Materials in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library by : Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
Download or read book Historical Materials in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library written by Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Directory of Oral History Interviews Related to the Federal Courts by : United States. Federal Judicial History Office
Download or read book A Directory of Oral History Interviews Related to the Federal Courts written by United States. Federal Judicial History Office and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work was produced in furtherance of the Center's statutory mandate to conduct, coordinate, and encourage programs relating to the history of the judicial branch ...
Book Synopsis Oral Histories of the Johnson Administration, 1963-1969 by : Robert Lester
Download or read book Oral Histories of the Johnson Administration, 1963-1969 written by Robert Lester and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Indomitable Will (Enhanced Edition) by : Mark Updegrove
Download or read book Indomitable Will (Enhanced Edition) written by Mark Updegrove and published by Crown/Archetype. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than a hundred photos, videos, recorded phone conversations, letters, and speeches, this enhanced eBook edition of Indomitable Will brings to life the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson like never before. Nearly fifty years after being sworn in as president of the United States in the wake of John F. Kennedy’s assassination, Lyndon Baines Johnson remains a largely misunderstood figure. His force of personality, mastery of power and the political process, and boundless appetite for social reform made him one of the towering figures of his time. But he was one of the most protean and paradoxical of presidents as well. Because of his flawed nature and inherent contradictions, some claimed there were as many LBJs as there were people who knew him. Intent on fulfilling the promise of America, Johnson launched a revolution in civil rights, federal aid to education, and health care for the elderly and indigent, and expanded immigration and environmental protection. A flurry of landmark laws—he would sign an unparalleled 207 during his five years in office, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Head Start, and Medicare—are testaments to the triumph of his will. His War on Poverty alone brought the U.S. poverty rate down from 20 percent to 12 percent, the biggest one-time drop in American history. As president, he was known for getting things done. At the same time, Johnson’s presidency—and the fulfillment of its own promise—was blighted by his escalation of an ill-fated war in Vietnam that tore at the fabric of America and saw the loss of 36,000 U.S. troops by the end of his term. Presidential historian Mark K. Updegrove offers an intimate portrait of the endlessly fascinating LBJ, his extraordinarily eventful presidency, and the turbulent times in which he served. We see Johnson in his many guises and dimensions: the virtuoso deal-maker using every inch of his six-foot-three-inch frame to intimidate his subjects, the relentless reformer willing to lose southern Democrats from his party for a generation in his pursuit of civil rights for all Americans, and the embattled commander in chief agonizing over the fate of his “boys” in Vietnam—including his two sons-in-law—yet steadfast in his determination to thwart Communist aggression through war, or an honorable peace. Through original interviews and personal accounts from White House aides and Cabinet members, political allies and foes, and friends and family—from Robert McNamara to Barry Goldwater, Lady Bird Johnson to Jacqueline Kennedy—as well as through Johnson’s own candid reflections and historic White House telephone conversations, Indomitable Will reveals LBJ as never before. “ For it is through firsthand narrative more than anything,” writes Updegrove, “that Lyndon Johnson—who teemed with vitality in his sixty-four years and remains enigmatic nearly four decades after his passing—comes to life.”
Book Synopsis The Dedication of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs, the University of Texas at Austin, May 22 1971 by : Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
Download or read book The Dedication of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs, the University of Texas at Austin, May 22 1971 written by Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lyndon B. Johnson written by Debbie Levy and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2002-07-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the life of the thirty-sixth president, from his Texas roots to his impact on the War on Poverty, the civil rights movement, and the programs of the "Great Society."
Book Synopsis Indomitable Will by : Mark K. Updegrove
Download or read book Indomitable Will written by Mark K. Updegrove and published by Crown Pub. This book was released on 2012 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive oral history of Johnson's presidency is presented in the words of the 36th President and some of his closest associates, offering insight into his perspectives on the sweeping changes affecting his time, from Medicare and civil rights to his anti-poverty legislation and the Vietnam War. By the author of Second Acts. 50,000 first printing.
Book Synopsis Launching the War on Poverty by : Michael L. Gillette
Download or read book Launching the War on Poverty written by Michael L. Gillette and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-07-09 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Head Start, Job Corps, Foster Grandparents, College Work-Study, VISTA, Community Action, and the Legal Services Corporation are familiar programs, but their tumultuous beginning has been largely forgotten. Conceived amid the daring idealism of the 1960s, these programs originated as weapons in Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty, an offensive spearheaded by a controversial new government agency. Within months, the Office of Economic Opportunity created an array of unconventional initiatives that empowered the poor, challenged the established order, and ultimately transformed the nation's attitudes toward poverty. In Launching the War on Poverty, historian Michael L. Gillette weaves together oral history interviews with the architects of the Great Society's boldest experiment. Forty-nine former poverty warriors, including Sargent Shriver, Adam Yarmolinsky, and Lawrence F. O'Brien, recount this inside story of unprecedented governmental innovation. The interviews capture the excitement and heady optimism of Americans in the 1960s along with their conflicts and disillusionment. This new edition of Launching the War on Poverty adds the voice of Lyndon Johnson to the story with excerpts from his recently-released White House telephone conversations. In these colorful and brutally candid conversations, LBJ exercises his full arsenal of presidential powers, political leverage, and legendary persuasiveness to win one of his most difficult legislative battles. The second edition also documents how the OEO's offspring survived their volatile origins to become broadly supported features of domestic policy.
Book Synopsis Washington's Iron Butterfly by : Donald A. Ritchie
Download or read book Washington's Iron Butterfly written by Donald A. Ritchie and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Had Elizabeth "Bess" Clements Abell (1933–2020) been a boy, she would likely have become a politician like her father, Earle C. Clements. Effectively barred from office because of her gender, she forged her own path by helping family friends Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson. Abell's Secret Service code name, "Iron Butterfly," exemplified her graceful but firm management of social life in the Johnson White House. After Johnson's administration ended, she maintained her importance in Washington, DC, serving as chief of staff to Joan Mondale and cofounding a public relations company. Donald A. Ritchie and Terry L. Birdwhistell draw on Abell's own words and those of others known to her to tell her remarkable story. Focusing on her years working for the Johnson campaign and her time in the White House, this engaging oral history provides a window into Abell's life as well as an insider's view of the nation's capital during the tumultuous 1960s.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Oral History by : Thomas Lee Charlton
Download or read book Handbook of Oral History written by Thomas Lee Charlton and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2006 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent decades, oral history has matured into an established field of critical importance to historians and social scientists alike. Handbook of Oral History captures the current state-of-the-art, identifies major strands of intellectual development, and predicts key directions for future growth in theory, research, and application.
Book Synopsis Lbj's Texas White House by : Hal Rothman
Download or read book Lbj's Texas White House written by Hal Rothman and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a story of the relationship between power and place in American culture."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Synopsis Directory of Oral History Collections by : Allen Smith
Download or read book Directory of Oral History Collections written by Allen Smith and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1988 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Doing Oral History by : Donald A. Ritchie
Download or read book Doing Oral History written by Donald A. Ritchie and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains chapters on the discipline of oral history, especially as it relates to public history; starting an oral history project, including funding, staffing, equipment, processing, and legal concerns; conducting interviews; using oral history in research and writing, including publishing; videotaping oral history; and more.