Автор: Caro Robert A. Название: Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. IV ISBN: 0375713255 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780375713255 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 11620.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE, THE MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE, THE AMERICAN HISTORY BOOK PRIZE Book Four of Robert A. Caro's monumentalThe Years of Lyndon Johnsondisplays all the narrative energy and illuminating insight that led theTimesof London to acclaim it as ';one of the truly great political biographies of the modern age. A masterpiece.'
The Passage of Powerfollows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career1958 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 weeksgrasping the reins of the presidency with supreme masteryhe 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 lifeand in the life of the nationThe Passage of Poweris 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.'
Автор: Davies Lyndon Название: A Colomber in the House of Poesy ISBN: 0992843812 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780992843816 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 16570.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
By: Lyndon H. Hart III, Pub. 1983, Reprinted 2016, 182 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-325-9.
Surry County was created in 1652 from James City County. Due to the lost of court records of many surrounding counties, such as Charles City, Dinwiddle, James City, and Prince George, the records of Surry county take on a more profound importance because of the early movement across county lines and the James River. This book contains not only wills of individuals, but also guardians and administrators bonds; bastardy, apprentice, trustees, sheriffs and treasurers bonds, and inventories of estates. The names of approximately 7,000 persons are found in these legal records of this important county.
Автор: Mottley A. L. Название: A Northern Life ISBN: 1909392537 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781909392533 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 14930.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Mottley, Jennifer Название: Pet for bronwyn ISBN: 1788302303 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781788302302 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 11630.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Bronwyn loves animals.
During the school holidays, Bronwyn's family visit a lovely aquarium in London with Michelle, Herbert, Barack and Georgette, Bronwyn's brothers and sister.
On the way home, Mummy decides to stop at a pet shop and buy Bronwyn a pet rabbit The children name her Biscuits and love her very much.
Biscuits fits very well into the family and everyone loves her and helps look after her.
An appealing tale about the joy of owning a pet.
Автор: Lyndon Robert Название: Hawk Quest ISBN: 0751547719 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780751547719 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 15170.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: A huge, exciting historical adventure epic in the bestselling tradition of Bernard Cornwell, Conn Iggulden and Robyn Young
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