Flawed Giant Part 2 Of 2 Author:Robert Dallek Part Two Of Two Parts In this final volume of his acclaimed biography, Dallek takes us through Lyndon Johnson's tumultuous years in the White House, his unprecedented accomplishments there, and the tragic war that was his downfall. Johnson emerges as a man riddled with contradictions, a man of towering intensity and anguished insecurity, of ... more »grandiose ambition and grave self-doubt. We see Johnson as the visionary leader who worked his incredible will on Congress like no president before or since. We also see the depth of Johnson's private anguish as he became increasingly ensnared in Vietnam, a war that destroyed his hopes for The Great Society and a second term. Here is one of the most extravagant characters ever to step onto the presidential stage. "...a minutely detailed portrait of Johnson as a contradictory and larger-than-life figure, a Shakespearean character..." (New York Times)« less