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Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, (Vintage)
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Robert Caro's Master of the Senate examines in meticulous detail Lyndon Johnson's career in that body, from his arrival in 1950 (after 12 years in the House of Representatives) until his election as JFK's vice president in 1960. This, the third in a projected four-volume series, studies not only the pragmatic, ruthless, ambitious Johnson, who wi... »
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Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush
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This is an important book on the Bush presidency for one reason: Robert Draper was provided unprecedented access to the most secretive President in the history of the U.S. along with many of his aides that have been previously hesitant to leak or go on the record about their President. Therefore, this book will serve future historians well as a criti... »
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Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times
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As always Brands delivers a comprehensive but totally readable work of nonfiction. As far as the scope of the book I believe it is the best book out there on Jackson. Brands is truly a great writer who really wants to tell the story of his subject. My only problem with this book is that I think Brands has been too quick to overlook some of Jackson's f... »
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Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power
Dallek frames Nixon and Kissinger as a "cautionary tale that the country forgets at its peril." He sees both men as arrogant and self-serving. Additiona... »
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Richard M. Nixon: A Life in Full
Black's "Roosevelt" was the best biography since Boswell's "Johnson." This second presidential biography is even better, which comes as something of a sh... »
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