LBJ's 1968
Power, Politics, and the Presidency in America's Year of Upheaval

"The story of Lyndon Johnson's Presidency is a story of tragedy in the ancient haunting sense of the word, the strong man overwhelmed by forces, from within and without." pg 281 Kyle Longley did an excellent job of dissecting the last year of the LBJ and his administration. The narrative began in Jan......more

LBJ's 1968 by Kyle Longley caught my interest right away. I have been reading about President Johnson ever since Doris Kearns Goodwin's book LBJ and the American Dream came out. LBJ has fascinated me for the complexity of his character. He was a truly empathetic man who strove to better the lives of......more

Two thoughts at this time. I might add some more as I further meditate upon the period covered by this book. 1) My, how history does repeat itself. Here we are in 2024, approximately 6 weeks before a presidential election. And we still have many of the problems of 1968. Racial, society and economic i......more

Kyle Longley narrates the year 1968 through eyes of LBJ. And what a year it was! A year which included the assassination of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy as well as the Tet offensive in Vietnam and culminated in the disastrous Democratic National Convention in Chicago. In most of these crise......more

This was an interesting look at the year of 1968 from the perspective of LBJ, Ladybird Johnson, and other important figures from LBJ's circle during that time. I get the sense that the author wanted to portray Johnson in a better light during this time than some historians. I think there is some val......more