Q&A: Robert Caro - Part 1 

Caro's LBJ bio rivals and maybe exceeds William Manchester's Churchill.

@@tommyrauk8205 -There's a lot of really bad stuff on LBJ that he doesn't touch.

@@vernpascal1531 Ike really pushed LBJ into ramping up on Nam & sticking to it. LBJ was always consulting him.

Definitely one of the most detailed collections of books ever read.

And seemingly biased with information interpretation.

exactly how i feel. and no stupid sexy dolled up females doing the interviewing!

And THAT is extremely helpful.

Which one please?

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Salaam, bro. Do you think Pakistan will ever have their own LBJ?

I was surprised to see that no one referred to Caro's first book, a biography of Robert Moses, a very powerful man in NYC politics and the man who was responsible for many of the highways in and around New York and its environs. It is "The Power Broker". LBJ had his own way of getting things done. My jury on him is still out because: (1) on the one hand he was a motive force behind ending segregation in the South, something only a Southerner could do. Well, at least the civil rights legislation was put in place. But (2) he persisted in having the war in Vietnam go on and lying about it to keep it going. Perhaps this was the price he had to pay to get his friends to go along with his civil rights program.

LBJ´s hit buddy, Caro also forgot to mention that LBJ was the main articulater of JFK assassination. Malcom Wallace pink finger digital print was in a box at 6th floor at TSBD then asked FBI to identify, took 18 months and finally they said it was not his finger. Caro of course won´t talk about that.

and rfk joked about johnson behind his back calling him rufus cornpone and kennedy was shocked in 64 that HE wasn’t selected for VP

skybart It's an upper middle class Jewish intellectual N.Y. accent.

It sounds like Queens.

@@tommyodonovan3883 Not at all Upper middle class, but yes, lots of "Jewish" influences. His is more a mix. He has worked hard, it would seem, to rid himself of his original accent.

@@LazlosPlane I'm a Newfy from Bay Vert ('65-'70), when I got off the Island even the Herr'n Chockers (NB) couldn't understand a word I said. I'm 55yro the Canucks have near kicked the Newfy Accent out of me. *But... twas all in good fun!*

highly recommend these books. They basically deal with all things LBJ, including the unsavory aspects.

jonshay Is it true that none mentions Billy Sol Estes, Malcolm Wallace, or Kinser?

+Dennis Cassley Don't recall.

Of course not. I'll do it eventually but of course it will never be published in this free country.

Yes, means of ascent, the second of 4 books. It's exclusively about his stealing of the 1948 senatorial race from former Texas governor and legend Coke Stevenson.

0907oliv jfk couldn't get legislation through. That was jfk whole problem he ignored lbj's advice.

which lbj book is best

@@virgildoc Master of The Senate. By a long distance. Truly an amazing book.

I am not sure about the other errors but on page 281 the meeting between Johnson and Baker happens in October 1972,

@@ctrlaltdelmeir184 That would make sense. Page 281 of the book places the meeting a year later, and messes up the date twice: "Baker visited him for a day at his ranch in October, 1973......When, in 1973, Walter Jenkins telephoned to invite him and his wife, Dorothy, to the ranch....."

@@The4preston We must have different copies ha, ha, mine says "Baker visited him for a day at his ranch in October, 1972, “We spoke not a word and communicated only through intermediaries...." I have a digital copy that I think was created in 2010.

Yes, exactly. Mr. Brian Lamb is a great example of the art of the impartial interviewer with excellent, probing questions. How much better the country would be if this skill was still taught across the land ~

Wrong.