Master of the Senate, Book Three of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, carries Johnson's story through one of its most remarkable periods: his twelve years, from 1949 to 1960, in the United States Senate. At the heart of the book is its unprecedented revelation of how legislative power works in America, how the Senate works, and how Johnson, in his ascent to the presidency, mastered the Senate as no political leader before him had ever done. It was during these years that all Johnson's experience--from his Texas Hill Country boyhood to his passionate representation in Congress of his hardscrabble constituents to his tireless construction of a political machine--came to fruition. Caro introduces the story with a dramatic account of the Senate itself: how Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, and John C. Calhoun had made it the center of governmental energy, the forum in which the great issues...
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2009-04-23
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Caro beskriver i sin tredje del LBJs senatstid, från det omtvistade valet i Texas 1948 fram till presidentvalet 1960. Häri skildras 50-talets trevande medborgarättskamp och de omröstningar denna gav upphov till. Spännande, fascinerande och oerhört lärorikt. För alla oss som har haft en uppfattning om LBJ som en progressiv demokrat innebär denna bok en och annan tankeställare. Läs den! Och låt oss hoppas på att Caro hinner få ut den fjärde och avslutande delen, "The Presidency".
