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Book Review of Lyndon B. Johnson and American Liberalism : A Brief Biography with Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture)

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Good read for someone who wants a quick bio on LBJ. Perhaps Schulman over-relies on Doris Kearns Goodwin and other well-establisehd authors (such as Caro for his first chapter). For a more extensive bio, get something else. The chapter on Vietnam is rather unsatisfying but kudos to Schulman for sticking with the theme of liberalism. This book would be a great introduction for any historian studying liberalism in US history.