Presidential Recordings Lyndon B Johnson Box Set Merchandise by Kent Germany;Max Holland;Robert David Johnson

Product Details

• Publisher: WW Norton (2005-05-10)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 2560 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780393060010
• Item Weight: 3900.96 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

This is presidential power in its rawest form, revealed alongside the private vulnerabilities of the world's most public man.

Lyndon B. Johnson secretly recorded 700 hours of telephone conversations as president. With these three volumes, slipcased with audio DVD, the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs begins a groundbreaking series that will ultimately include annotated transcripts of all of Johnson's White House conversations.

Covering the dramatic months of November 1963 through January 1964, these volumes depict a man coming to grips with the awesome responsibilities of the presidency while simultaneously trying to lead a nation and a government in mourning. Captured on tape are Johnson's efforts to conciliate the Kennedy family while putting his own imprint on the office. Abroad, he is consumed by a coup in Vietnam, a bloody anti-American riot in Panama, a near civil war in Cyprus, and persistent leaks from within his own administration. Domestically, he pushes forward the civil rights revolution and leads a single-minded drive to reduce the size of the federal budget to gain political room for his war on poverty.

Texts with audio DVD

About the Author

Philip D. Zelikow was executive director of the 9/11 Commission. He is the White Burkett Miller Professor of History at the University of Virginia.

Ernest May is Charles Warren Professor of American History at Harvard University.

Timothy Naftali, a frequent contributor to Slate and NPR, is director of the federal Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. He lives in Los Angeles, California.