Lyndon Johnson Remembered: An Intimate Portrait of a Presidency.
Lyndon Johnson Remembered: An Intimate Portrait of a Presidency.
Edited by Thomas W. Cowger and Sherwin J. Markman (Lanham, Md., and
other cities: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc., c. 2003. Pp.
xxii, 188. $25.95, ISBN ISBN
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In May 1999 "insiders and intimates" of the Lyndon Baines
Johnson administration There have been two Presidents of the United States with the surname "Johnson": - Andrew Johnson Administration, 17th President of the United States, 1865–1869.
and - Lyndon B. Johnson Administration, 36th President of the United States, 1963–1969.
met at the Lyndon Baines Library in Austin,
Texas, in an "attempt to contribute objectively to the critically
important and ongoing debate over the role of the presidency, the
federal government in social programs, and in the legacy of the Johnson
administration" (p. xi). At this meeting a number of participants
delivered papers reflecting on the presidency of LBJ and his impact on
the American way The American way of life is an expression that refers to the "life style" of people living in the United States of America. It is an example of a behavioral modality, developed from the 17th century until today. of life. During this "final reunion of the
surviving participants in the Johnson presidency," presenters gave
firsthand portraits of LBJ and the Johnson years. As a result, Sherwin
J. Markman, who was an assistant to President Johnson, and Thomas W.
Cowger, a professor of history at East Central University in Ada,
Oklahoma Ada is a city and the county seat of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 16,008 at the 2000 census.GR6 History , decided to publish these "recollections and
insights" for use by future scholars and students of history (p.
xii).
In fifteen essays, together with a foreword by Luci Baines Johnson Luci Baines Johnson Nugent Turpin (born July 2, 1947) is the younger daughter of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson and his wife, the former Claudia Alta Taylor (known as Lady Bird Johnson). ,
the president's younger daughter, Lyndon Johnson Remembered: An
Intimate Portrait of a Presidency presents a fascinating but uneven
portrait of the Johnson years. Only one essay concerns Vietnam. Even so,
twentieth-century American historians will find the insights by the
Johnson insiders of particular interest. The reader, after being
introduced to the Johnson years with an excellent historiographical
article by Thomas Cowger, will find essays by Jack Valenti, former
special assistant to the president, and Nicholas deBelleville
Katzenbach, former U.S. attorney general, especially discerning and
compelling. And a concluding essay by Joseph A. Califano Jr., former
special assistant for domestic affairs, vigorously attempts to establish
the importance of the Johnson administration in American history. In
fact, Califano makes such a strong case for LBJ that this reader, in
reflection, understands why U.S. historians have ranked Johnson as the
tenth-greatest American president - President of the United States - The President of the United States
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