JOHNSON, LYNDON B

Additional reading A collection of Johnson's papers covering 196369 can be found in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 10 vol. (196570).Biographical studies include Robert A. Caro, The Years of Lyndon Johnson (1982 ); Paul K. Conkin, Big Daddy from Pedernales (1986); and Robert Dallek, Lone Star Rising: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 19081960 (1991), which covers Johnson's life up to his election as John F. Kennedy's vice president. John A. Goldsmith, Colleagues: Richard B. Russell and His Apprentice, Lyndon B. Johnson (1993), provides insight into Johnson's early political career through his presidency, covering the years from about 1950 to 1971. Johnson's relationship with John and Robert Kennedy is examined in Paul R. Henggeler, In His Steps: Lyndon Johnson and the Kennedy Mystique (1991). Joseph A. Califano, Jr., The Triumph & Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson: The White House Years (1991), presents a detailed account of Johnson's presidency from 1965 to 1969, when the author was a top aide for domestic affairs. Robert A. Divine (ed.), The Johnson Years, 2 vol. (1987), collects scholarly essays on his presidency.Foreign relations during Johnson's presidency are treated in H.W. Brands, The Wages of Globalism: Lyndon Johnson and the Limits of American Power (1995). Johnson's foreign policy specifically in regard to Vietnam is addressed in Larry Berman, Planning a Tragedy: The Americanization of the War in Vietnam (1982), and Lyndon Johnson's War: The Road to Stalemate in Vietnam (1989); John P. Burke et al., How Presidents Test Reality: Decisions on Vietnam, 1954 and 1965 (1989), which compares the decision-making process of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Johnson at two critical points; David M. Barrett, Uncertain Warriors: Lyndon Johnson and His Vietnam Advisers (1993), an examination of Johnson's advisory process; George C. Herring, LBJ and Vietnam: A Different Kind of War (1994), an analysis of Johnson's Vietnam policy; and Lloyd C. Gardner, Pay Any Price: Lyndon Johnson and the Wars for Vietnam (1995), which uses newly declassified documents from the Lyndon B. Johnson Library. Examinations of other policies during the Johnson presidency include David M. Welborn, Regulation in the White House (1993), on trade regulatory policy; Mark Stern, Calculating Visions: Kennedy, Johnson, and Civil Rights (1992); David M. Welborn and Jesse Burkhead, Intergovernmental Relations in the American Administrative State (1989); and Irving Bernstein, Guns or Butter (1996), the last two focusing on domestic policy. Lyndon B. Johnson, A Bibliography (1984 ), compiled by the Johnson Library staff, contains many helpful references. Biographical works dealing with Lady Bird Johnson include Marie Smith, The President's Lady (1964); and Liz Carpenter, Ruffles and Flourishes (1970, reissued 1993), written by Mrs. Johnson's White House press secretary.