San Antonio College Library

The author, who served as Special Consultant to President Johnson in the latter's effort to establish a link between the federal government and the American intellectual community, describes his experiences. He discusses the national and international political events that he was witness to, and the effect of President Johnson's complex nature on those events and on those around him.

Memorandums from the Washington Post's files and conversations with journalists, political friends, and peers form the basis of a warm, informal portrait.

Tracing a president's steps in escalating war, this edition of the Journal looks back to Lyndon B. Johnson's deliberations on U.S. involvement in Vietnam. Using a compilation of excerpts from taped conversations in which LBJ wrestled with what to do in Southeast Asia, Bill Moyers draws a parallel between two very different men united, across time, by their role as commander in chief. "Granted, Barack Obama is not Lyndon Johnson, Afghanistan is not...

"The book is primarily a picture book based on eulogies and quotations in the course of the funeral, and therefore the quotations were limited to those which illustrated the photographs. They are only a small sample of the vast reservoir of material written about a man who spent 37 years in public life from the New Deal to the Great Society."--From the foreword.

Recounts, hour by hour, a typical day in the life of President Johnson and his associates. Includes background information and description of a weekend at the LBJ ranch.