Gallery: Johnson the Power Broker
A Look at LBJ’s Road to the White House
Article Summary and Author Biography
A slideshow with highlights from H.W. Brands’ review essay in the September/October issue.
Review Essay
In the latest installment of his epic biography of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson, Robert Caro reveals a man who obsessively sought power to assuage a misplaced sense of his own suffering -- but also to help those whose struggles were less abstract.
Review Essay
Newly released records show that L.B.J., for all his political canniness and cunning, never managed U.S. foreign policy well-even excluding the Vietnam War.
(Ib Ohlsson)
In the latest installment of his epic biography of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson, Robert Caro reveals a man who obsessively sought power to assuage a misplaced sense of his own suffering -- but also to help those whose struggles were less abstract. Click here to view a slideshow with highlights from H.W. Brands’ review essay.
