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: 10/21/1999
Pages: 784
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.39lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.57d
ISBN: 9780195132380

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 11/14/1999 pg. 38

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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