The Thirty-first of March

An Intimate Portrait of Lyndon Johnson

Horace Busby (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

296 Seiten

2023
University of Texas Press (Verlag)
978-1-4773-2747-0 (ISBN)

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Offers an indelible portrait of a president and a presidency at a time of crisis. The Thirty-first of March is a rare glimpse into the inner sanctum of Johnson's presidency, as seen through the eyes of one of the people who understood him best and one of his closest advisors.

An intimate retelling of Lyndon B. Johnson’s politics and presidency by one of his closest advisors.

Horace Busby was one of LBJ’s most trusted advisors; their close working and personal relationship spanned twenty years. In The Thirty-First of March he offers an indelible portrait of a president and a presidency at a time of crisis. From the aftereffects of the Kennedy assassination, when Busby was asked by the newly sworn-in president to sit by his bedside during his first troubled nights in office, to the concerns that defined the Great Society-civil rights, the economy, social legislation, housing, and the Vietnam War-Busby not only articulated and refined Johnson's political thinking, he also helped shape the most ambitious, far-reaching legislative agenda since FDR's New Deal.

Here is Johnson the politician, Johnson the schemer, Johnson who advised against JFK’s choice of an open limousine that fateful day in Dallas, and Johnson the father, sickened by the deaths of young men fighting and dying in Vietnam on his orders. The Thirty-first of March is a rare glimpse into the inner sanctum of Johnson's presidency, as seen through the eyes of one of the people who understood him best.

Horace Busby (1924–2000) served as a speechwriter and advisor to Lyndon Johnson during LBJ’s time in the House, the Senate, and the White House, where he was secretary of the cabinet from 1963 to 1965. Busby was born in Fort Worth and attended the University of Texas.

Preface
Introduction
1. Prologue: The Sunday Shift
2. The Beginning of the Day
3. The Bomb Thrower
4. Snowstorm in Mississippi
5. Playing President
6. The Keeper of the Flame
7. Man Alone
8. "The Candidate Has Disappeared"
9. Time of Triumph: Austin to Boston, 1960
10. The Last Roundup
11. A Friday Afternoon in Brussels
12. Forebodings
13. The President: Poison in the Power
14. Afternoon at Gettysburg, 1967
15. State of the Union
16. A Sunday at the White House
17. The Ninth Hour
18. The Close
19. Convulsion
20. "Well, See You Again, Sometime"
A Note about the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	08.04.2023
Verlagsort	Austin, TX
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	340 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-4773-2747-9 / 1477327479
ISBN-13	978-1-4773-2747-0 / 9781477327470
Zustand	Neuware