LBJ: Architect of American Ambition
- ISBN-10
- 0674026993
- ISBN-13
- 9780674026995
- Series
- LBJ
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 1007
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- Randall Bennett Woods
Description
This dramatic reappraisal of one of the most significant and least understood presidents in American history is based on extraordinary interviews and documents, revealing a Lyndon Baines Johnson as never seen before.
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