The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson

It’s definitely a tome but really interesting. I read it with a lighter book off and on. It was very readable though.

Uma colecção gloriosa sobre Lyndon Johnson e a história dos EUA. Recomendo vivamente!

Master of the Senate is the Best one of the four, but this is a close second. Just like all the other books by Caro, a must read. And it still feels like you're reading a fictional story.

Like the preceding book, it is long and detailed and gives a clear picture of the brutal politics of Washington from the time when Lyndon Johnson stood for nomination as the Democratic party candidate for the presidency till the first few weeks after he actually became president (after JFK's assassination). Discusses the working and politics of the Kennedy white house (not necessarily complimentary), and the achievements of the first few weeks of the Johnson presidency.

I have all three previous volumes, all of which are good, but this is concerns Johnson's relationship with Kennedy, his Vice Presidency and then his rise to the Presidency after the assassination. The last two volumes are maybe more interesting for me because they cover a period which I can remember but I would thoroughly recommend the entire collection. Robert Caro did a great job over many years to research and write these books.