The Thirty-first of March : : An Intimate Portrait of Lyndon Johnson / / Horace Busby.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
• VerfasserIn: Busby, Horace,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (251 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- 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 -- 10 The Last Roundup -- 11 A Friday Afternoon in Brussels -- 12 Forebodings -- 13 The President -- 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