Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1961-1973

Flawed Giant--the monumental concluding volume to Robert Dallek's biography of Lyndon Baines Johnson--provides the most through, engrossing account ever published of Johnson's years in the national spotlight. Drawing on hours of newly released White House tapes and dozens of interviews with people close to the President, Dallek reveals LBJ as a visionary leader who worked his will on Congress like no chief executive before or since, and also displays the depth of his private anguish as he became increasingly ensnared in Vietnam. Writing in a clear, thoughtful, and evenhanded style, Dallek reveals both the greatness and the tangled complexities of one of the most extravagant characters ever to ascend to the White House.


Author: Robert Dallek
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 04/16/1998
Pages: 784
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.77lbs
Size: 9.56h x 6.44w x 2.19d
ISBN: 9780195054651

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/16/1998 pg. 193
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/1998 pg. 236
Booklist 03/01/1998 pg. 1090
Library Journal 03/15/1998 pg. 74
New York Times 04/12/1998 pg. 5
New York Times 04/19/1998 pg. 38
LJ Best Books of Year 01/01/1999 pg. 55
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 01/01/1999 pg. 80
Library Journal 01/01/1999

About the Author

Robert Dallek is Professor of History at Boston University. He is the author of several books, including Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy, for which he won a Bancroft Prize and was nominated for an American Book Award. He lives in Washington, D.C.

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