Type of bind: Audio Cassette
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.924092
EAN num: 9780671573843
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
ISBN number: 0671573845
Label: Simon & Schuster Audio
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Audio
Quantity: 1
Printing Date: September 01, 1996
Publishing house: Simon & Schuster Audio
Sale Popularity Level: 2283037
Studio: Simon & Schuster Audio
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The series of live recordings from America's leading presidential scholars contnues with Robert Dallek, author of Lone Star Rising: Lyndon Johnson and His Times on Lyndon Johnson, and Hendrik Hertzbert, executive editor of The New Yorker, on Jimmy Carter. A masterful analysis, this seventh installemnt in the Character Above All series will fascinate and educate all who listen. 2 cassettes.
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This product features two audio tapes. One each on Johnson and Carter. Robert Dallek and Hendrik Hertzberg are the speakers. Their speeches from 1995 show great knowledge and insight into their respective Presidents.
Hendrik Hertzberg was a speech writer for President Carter during his last two years in office. Hertzberg is a good speaker and often used humour to describe Carter and his administration. Hendrik describes Carter well. He portrays him as a loner and someone opposed to pomp and glitter. He also stated that Carter was no idealogue. Rather he handled issues one by one as they arose. And he spread himself too thin. Hendrik descibes some of the major events of the Carter Administration. The Panama Canal Treaty, the Israeli/Egyptian peace talks and the failed Iranian hostage rescue mission. Hertzberg portrays Carter as a courageous moral leader. But he also shows that Carter was not a great political leader.
Robert Dallek is a successful author and he shows here that he is also a good speaker. Dallek studied Lyndon Johnson thoroughly and clearly understood him. He states accurately that Lyndon Johnson was a complex man with a seemingly contradictory personality. Dallek quotes several stories about Johnson to show his sense of humour and his temperament.
Dallek provides data about Johnson's popularity over the years. As President, his approval ratings were good. As an ex President he's less popular. Dallek gives three reasons why he thinks LBJ's popularity has fallen. His assessment is probably correct.
Dallek then proceeds to rate Johnson as a President. He gives LBJ high marks in the realms of vision, pragmatism and consensus building on domestic issues. And he states that Johnson was very successful in passing his bills through Congress. Dallek provides a whole list of good bills which Johnson pushed through. In summary, Robert Dallek's assessment of Lyndon Johnson and his Presidency is very accurate and well informed.
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