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Ebook About WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE, THE MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE, THE AMERICAN HISTORY BOOK PRIZEBook Four of Robert A. Caro’s monumental The Years of Lyndon Johnson displays all the narrative energy and illuminating insight that led the Times of London to acclaim it as “one of the truly great political biographies of the modern age. A masterpiece.” The Passage of Power follows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career—1958 to1964. It is a time that would see him trade the extraordinary power he had created for himself as Senate Majority Leader for what became the wretched powerlessness of a Vice President in an administration that disdained and distrusted him. Yet it was, as well, the time in which the presidency, the goal he had always pursued, would be thrust upon him in the moment it took an assassin’s bullet to reach its mark.By 1958, as Johnson began to maneuver for the presidency, he was known as one of the most brilliant politicians of his time, the greatest Senate Leader in our history. But the 1960 nomination would go to the young senator from Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy. Caro gives us an unparalleled account of the machinations behind both the nomination and Kennedy’s decision to offer Johnson the vice presidency, revealing the extent of Robert Kennedy’s efforts to force Johnson off the ticket. With the consummate skill of a master storyteller, he exposes the savage animosity between Johnson and Kennedy’s younger brother, portraying one of America’s great political feuds. Yet Robert Kennedy’s overt contempt for Johnson was only part of the burden of humiliation and isolation he bore as Vice President. With a singular understanding of Johnson’s heart and mind, Caro describes what it was like for this mighty politician to find himself altogether powerless in a world in which power is the crucial commodity. For the first time, in Caro’s breathtakingly vivid narrative, we see the Kennedy assassination through Lyndon Johnson’s eyes. We watch Johnson step into the presidency, inheriting a staff fiercely loyal to his slain predecessor; a Congress determined to retain its power over the executive branch; and a nation in shock and mourning. We see how within weeks—grasping the reins of the presidency with supreme mastery—he propels through Congress essential legislation that at the time of Kennedy’s death seemed hopelessly logjammed and seizes on a dormant Kennedy program to create the revolutionary War on Poverty. Caro makes clear how the political genius with which Johnson had ruled the Senate now enabled him to make the presidency wholly his own. This was without doubt Johnson’s finest hour, before his aspirations and accomplishments were overshadowed and eroded by the trap of Vietnam.In its exploration of this pivotal period in Johnson’s life—and in the life of the nation—The Passage of Power is not only the story of how he surmounted unprecedented obstacles in order to fulfill the highest purpose of the presidency but is, as well, a revelation of both the pragmatic potential in the presidency and what can be accomplished when the chief executive has the vision and determination to move beyond the pragmatic and initiate programs designed to transform a nation. It is an epic story told with a depth of detail possible only through the peerless research that forms the foundation of Robert Caro’s work, confirming Nicholas von Hoffman’s verdict that “Caro has changed the art of political biography.”Book The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson IV Review :
I've followed this series from my college days. I purchased this volume in hardback when it came out and just stayed too busy to sit down and read it, so I finally purchased it on Audible. I'll say that I really don't like the reader. I've done hundreds of audiobooks and the reader can make such a difference. Whoever this is, the voice is rather high and strident. It's a shame that Mr. Caro couldn't have read it himself.The documentation in this volume is a testament to the almost superhuman self discipline of Johnson. For the period when he was the vice president to JFK, he was belittled, insulted, humiliated and, in toda's lingo, 'disrespected'. His treatment under the JFK administration illustrates the immaturity of John Kennedy, and even more, his brother, Bobby. The sadness is that LBJ could have accomplished so much on the legislative side for JFK and he was ready to do it. Perhaps after his behavior in the Senate, this was simply karma coming back around, I don't know. But to have to live through the treatment he received at the hands of the Kennedys (not to mention their condescension toward Lady Bird) and yet never, ever showing ugliness in return in either words or deeds, is truly remarkable. Equally amazing is how LBJ transformed himself literally in an hour or two after the assassination.Mr. Caro is in his eighties; at the rate at which he releases these books I have real doubts he'll see LBJ through to the end. It's my hope that, if he doesn't, someone can take up; Ina's research and get LBJ through his presidency. However, even if that doesn't happen, the volumes he's written will continue to stand alone, unique in not only political biographies but all biographies. I have loved reading Caro’s works more than any other biographies, starting with The Power Broker, which led me to this series. It is only because I believe this volume to be a notch below its LBJ predecessor volumes that I have withheld a fifth star. Exhaustively researched, the principle issues I had with “The Passage of Power” were twofold. First, and foremost, is the limited period covered. Of course the shabby treatment Johnson received from JFK’s crowd (most especially from Robert Kennedy) requires adequate explanation, as does the JFK’s assassination. The author surely concluded that including all this with Johnson’s presidential years would stretch a final volume to an impossible length. I get it. But it leaves us with overly lengthy descriptions of events and individual perspectives during the short period covered here (really 4 years). As others here have noted, too, the events around Dallas have been so thoroughly written about that it’s a challenge to add any new insights. This made the latest volume less interesting to me than its predecessors. And it made me worry about whether Caro will be able to persevere in a final volume. I’d feel robbed if time becomes Caro’s adversary in accomplishing this with his heretofore brilliance. My second issue with this latest volume is the number of lengthy sentences with interjected parenthetical statements or observations. It was difficult to read silently and impossible to read aloud to my wife. It’s a real problem, with many sentences running on so long that I’d forgotten the lead-in subject altogether. Still, it’s a very rewarding book to read and I’m anxiously awaiting the finale to this monumental work. Read Online The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson IV Download The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson IV The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson IV PDF The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson IV Mobi Free Reading The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson IV Download Free Pdf The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson IV PDF Online The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson IV Mobi Online The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson IV Reading Online The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson IV Read Online Robert A. Caro Download Robert A. Caro Robert A. Caro PDF Robert A. Caro Mobi Free Reading Robert A. Caro Download Free Pdf Robert A. Caro PDF Online Robert A. Caro Mobi Online Robert A. Caro Reading Online Robert A. CaroRead Online The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger
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