The towering figure who sought to transform America into a "Great Society" but whose ambitions and presidency collapsed in the tragedy of the Vietnam War Few figures in American history are as compelling and complex as Lyndon Baines Johnson, who established himself as the master of the U.
S.
Charles Peters, a keen observer of Washington politics for more than five decade.
Kennedy in the White House after Kennedy\'s assassination on November 22, 1963.
Senate in the 1950s and succeeded John F.
The towering figure who sought to transform America into a "Great Society" but whose ambitions and presidency collapsed in the tragedy of the Vietnam War Few figures in American history are as compelling and complex as Lyndon Baines Johnson, who established himself as the master of the U.
S
