Lyndon B. Johnson and American Liberalism: A Brief Biography with Documents

Lyndon B. Johnson and American Liberalism provides a brief yet comprehensive treatment of the major events of Johnson’s career but with a central focus on his role as the emblematic figure in the rise and fall of postwar American liberalism. The author includes 15 documents-Johnson’s own speeches as well as assessments of the president and his programs by contemporaries and later scholars-that give readers the opportunity to examine LBJ’s career firsthand and to evaluate its impact. The book also contains photographs and cartoons from the period, an LBJ chronology, a bibliography, and an index.