The passage of power [electronic resource] / Robert A. Caro.

Author: Caro, Robert A.

Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.

ISBN: 9780307960467 (electronic bk.)
0307960463 (electronic bk.)

Description: 1 online resource

Series: The years of Lyndon Johnson ; [4]

Subject: Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
United States Politics and government 1963-1969.
Electronic books.

Contents: "What the hell's the presidency for?" -- pt. 1. Johnson vs. Kennedy : 1960 -- "Rufus Cornpone" -- Dallas -- Taking command -- To become a president.

Summary: Pulitizer Prize biographer Robert A. Caro follows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career, describing Johnson's volatile relationship with John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy during the fight they waged for the 1960 Democratic nomination for president, through Johnson's unhappy vice presidency, his assumption to the presidency after Kennedy's assassination, his victories over the budget and civil rights, and the eroding trap of Vietnam.