The third book in the series – Master of the Senate – is one of the great works of history ever written. The first three entries have provided some of the best reading experiences I’ve ever had. The Passage of Power is the fourth book in The Years of Lyndon Johnson. His scope and breadth and novelistic detail hearken back to Gibbon, Sandburg or Foote. His legendary expansiveness requires the clearing of entire forests. But Robert Caro cannot be contained between two covers. Thus, even topics as grand as the Second World War get crammed into a single book. These days, publishers seem to prefer everything to be contained in one volume. Robert Caro’s The Years of Lyndon Johnson might be the great historical project of our time. It is an epic story, displaying all the narrative energy and illuminating insight that led the Times of London to acclaim The Years of Lyndon Johnson as “one of the truly great political biographies of the modern age.” And we watch as his political genius enables him to grasp the reins of the presidency with total command, and, within weeks, make it wholly his own, surmounting unprecedented obstacles in order to fulfill the highest purpose of the office. In Caro's description of the Kennedy assassination, which The New York Times called 'the most riveting ever,' we see the events of November 22, 1963, for the first time through Lyndon Johnson’s eyes. With the superlative skills of a master storyteller, Caro exposes the savage animosity between Johnson and Robert Kennedy, portraying one of America’s great political feuds. An unparalleled account of the battle between Johnson and John Kennedy for the 1960 presidential nomination, of the machinations behind Kennedy's decision to offer Johnson the vice presidency, and of Johnson’s powerlessness and humiliation in that role.

The Passage of Power follows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and most triumphant period of his career-1958 to 1964. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR The Economist * Time *Newsweek * Foreign Policy * Business Week * The Week * The Christian Science Monitor * Newsday ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE, THE MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE, THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY AMERICAN HISTORY BOOK PRIZE

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