The triumph & tragedy of Lyndon Johnson : the White House years
by Califano, Joseph A., Jr., 1931- (Author)
- Part I. Happy days
- The beginning
- The decision
- Racing against high expectations
- The war against poverty and the battle for beauty
- Scrambling
- Guns and butter
- Going for the Great Society
- The great 89th
- Part II. Sleepless nights
- The press and the credibility gap
- State of the union 1967
- Who shall serve in Vietnam when not all serve
- Six-day war
- Burn, baby, burn!
- Arm twisting for the nation's capital
- The going gets tougher
- Part III. Nightmare year
- "I shall not seek and will not accept..."
- The King assassination
- Who is LBJ's candidate?
- The Robert Kennedy assassination
- The Fortas fiasco
- The Democratic Convention and presidential campaign
- Winding down.