JFK and LBJ by Godfrey Hodgson
A firsthand observer weighs the achievementsand failuresof two fabled American presidents
“Godfrey Hodgson has written a provocative and perceptive (and affectionate) history of his time and ours, arguing that Presidents Kennedy and Johnson—battered and humbled by multiple crises at home and around the world—were the last presidents who genuinely believed the United States could make life better for our people and for the world”—Richard Reeves, author of President Kennedy: Profile of Power
“Stylish and absorbing from the first page to the last. As a young reporter Godfrey Hodgson covered the two presidents who are his concern, and he has spent the intervening half-century reflecting on the two men's places in the pantheon of modern American leaders—and on what might have been. The result is a lucid, concise, wonderfully opinionated book.”—Fredrik Logevall, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam
“Hodgson has long had a deserved reputation as a shrewd and knowing observer. JFK and LBJ has an authenticity and freshness that should command attention and trigger lively and often partisan conversations. The mixture of the autobiographical and the historical makes it all the richer.”—Mark Lytle, Bard College
“The British have a remarkable record of sending journalists to Washington whose insights are more astute and nuanced than those of the locals, but even in this class Hodgson stands apart. His latest biography may be his best, for no one has written of the JFK/LBJ relationship with more penetration and sensitivity. Gripping portraits, lucid analysis unfettered by the conventional cant, and keen historical judgments make this a compelling book.”—Philip Bobbitt, author of The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History
“A deeply detailed, fascinating characterization of two men, a country, and an era.”—Kirkus Reviews * Kirkus Reviews *
“Stylish and absorbing from the first page to the last. As a young reporter Godfrey Hodgson covered the two presidents who are his concern, and he has spent the intervening half-century reflecting on the two men's places in the pantheon of modern American leaders—and on what might have been. The result is a lucid, concise, wonderfully opinionated book.”—Fredrik Logevall, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam
“Hodgson has long had a deserved reputation as a shrewd and knowing observer. JFK and LBJ has an authenticity and freshness that should command attention and trigger lively and often partisan conversations. The mixture of the autobiographical and the historical makes it all the richer.”—Mark Lytle, Bard College
“The British have a remarkable record of sending journalists to Washington whose insights are more astute and nuanced than those of the locals, but even in this class Hodgson stands apart. His latest biography may be his best, for no one has written of the JFK/LBJ relationship with more penetration and sensitivity. Gripping portraits, lucid analysis unfettered by the conventional cant, and keen historical judgments make this a compelling book.”—Philip Bobbitt, author of The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of History
“A deeply detailed, fascinating characterization of two men, a country, and an era.”—Kirkus Reviews * Kirkus Reviews *
Godfrey Hodgson was a White House correspondent during the Kennedy and Johnson years. He taught at Oxford University and lives in Oxfordshire, U.K.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300180503 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300180500 |
| Title | JFK and LBJ |
| Author | Godfrey Hodgson |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2015-07-10 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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