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JFK and LBJ

by Tom Wicker, Tom Wicker, TOM WICKER · 1968

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The author "explains two tragic ironies of contemporary American politics: Why John F. Kennedy, the popular President, could not reach his legislative goals, and why Lyndon B. Johnson, the consummate domestic politician, allowed his great consensus to disappear in the unpopular war in Vietnam."

Politics and governmentPresidenteJohnson, lyndon b. (lyndon baines), 1908-1973Kennedy, john f. (john fitzgerald), 1917-1963