Taking Charge. The Johnson White House Tapes, 1963-1964

by Beschloss, Michael R. (editor)

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N.Y., , 1997. Cloth w/ pict. dj. V. fine copy in fine price-clipped dj. 8vo. . Transcripts of LBJ's private conversations he secretly recorded since becoming President. Later he ordered them to be sealed in a vault until 2023 but now they are released in a book edited by Michael Beschloss. This is the first volume released on LBJ's dated conversations in 1963 & 1964 with his family, advisors, friends, Congressmen, Cabinet members, on the Kennedy assassination & aftermath, his contact with Mrs. Kennedy & the Kennedy family, arrangement for the funeral & taking power, his foreign policy, RFK, politics,the Fortas nomination, the Warren Commission's findings, civil rights, the 1964 election, his misgivings about Vietnam, his conversations with J.Edgar Hoover, many, many, more subjects, recorded day by day. An impt. historical work. Revealing look at unguarded LBJ. With commentary throughout by Beschloss, a noted Presidential historian. Photos.

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