The Johnson Presidency

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Special assistant to President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966 to 1969 discusses the Johnson presidency. Beginning with their first connection, the speaker discusses his early work for Lyndon Johnson, his knowledge of Johnson during his period in Congress, Johnson's strengths and weaknesses, the functioning and organization of the Johnson White House and the contemporary Foreign Service, Johnson's closest advisers, his daily schedule and habits, his relations with the press and public, the Administration's legislation, Johnson's management of Vietnam and its effects on his presidency, the issue of deficit as it related to the Great Society, and civil rights.