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Robert A Caro 出版社: Knopf Publishing Group 副标题: The Years of Lyndon Johnson II: 2 出版年: 1991-6-1 页数: 560 定价: GBP 46.10 装帧: Hardcover ISBN: 9780394528359
Robert A. Caro's life of Lyndon Johnson, which began with the greatly acclaimed The Path to Power, also winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, continues -- one of the richest, most intensive and most revealing examinations ever undertaken of an American President. In Means of Ascent the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer/historian, chronicler also of Robert Moses in T...
Robert A. Caro's life of Lyndon Johnson, which began with the greatly acclaimed The Path to Power, also winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, continues -- one of the richest, most intensive and most revealing examinations ever undertaken of an American President. In Means of Ascent the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer/historian, chronicler also of Robert Moses in The Power Broker, carries Johnson through his service in World War II and the foundation of his long-concealed fortune and the facts behind the myths he created about it. But the explosive heart of the book is Caro's revelation of the true story of the fiercely contested 1948 senatorial election, for forty years shrouded in rumor, which Johnson had to win or face certain political death, and which he did win -- by "the 87 votes that changed history." Caro makes us witness to a momentous turning point in American politics: the tragic last stand of the old politics versus the new -- the politics of issue versus the politics of image, mass manipulation, money and electronic dazzle.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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And at every stage—at college, in the Little Congress, in the big Congress—as soon as he was in the inner circle, he took pains to let everyone know he was on the inside, putting his arm around other insiders, whispering in their ear while ostentatiously looking around as if to make sure no one could overhear, strutting to display not only his power but the fact that he had obtained the power by trickery (查看原文)
The figure for Johnson, which had been reported as 765 on Election Night, was now 965—because, according to testimony that would later be given, someone had, since Election Night, added a loop to the “7” to change it into a “9”. Johnson had 200 more votes. (查看原文)
@Audible. An incredible account of LBJ’s senate race and an engrossing exposé of the political machineries behind it. From the helicopter, to Stevenson’s ranch, and the innumerable rounds of counting ...@Audible. An incredible account of LBJ’s senate race and an engrossing exposé of the political machineries behind it. From the helicopter, to Stevenson’s ranch, and the innumerable rounds of counting in the wake of the election, Caro not only dissected LBJ’s character, but also the emergence of politics as we know it today. (展开)
格式原因，有乱码。供没时间阅读全书的朋友解馋。 个人阅读方式原因，摘抄内容仅包含书的后半段竞选。但是书的前半部分讲二战部分同样是可圈可点。 Listening to it, Lyndon Johnson learned that among his opponents for the Texas senatorial seat would be “Mr. Texas” h...
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Ch4 - Lady Bird (1933-1942) (P55 - 71) （Day1 - 05/22/2018） * She is the most interesting woman I have seen. Interesting, not to her personality, but to the change of her personality. A “drab, dumpy, a little plumpish, almost dowdy; painfully sty, and qui...
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1 有用 Marni 2022-01-21 13:51:06
到了这一本，对LBJ的性格和行事思路已了解得七七八八，因此看得时不时有重复感。让人最难忘的还是那些周边人物，第一本自然是山姆·雷伯恩，这一本则是LBJ的老婆伯德女士，一个隐忍勤奋的摩羯座。
0 有用 QuietAmbassa 2019-06-28 08:43:34
讲跟Coke Stevenson的senate fight 部分是highlight. 法律的无力感也是令人绝望。 LBJ’s character has uncanny resemblance to Trump. 权力就是这样，上一个台阶就有更大可能再上一个台阶。
0 有用 庄常飞 2023-06-05 22:12:32 北京
从纪录片看出第二部的缘起是因为Caro通过深入调研发现了LBJ的实锤，果然这本是调研驱动，且是关于LBJ生活的一小部分，这导致本书的叙事不如第一本流畅，而且重复较多。另外这本书的另一个问题是刻意诗意化，这在第一本书是非常成功的（特别是关于Hill Country的部分，看完纪录片才知道这是Caro直接在当地住了数年的结果），但在本书却是败笔，对比史蒂文森和LBJ忽略了史蒂文森作为政客的手腕
3 有用 岸岸 2022-04-21 17:37:13
1.这是煎熬漫长的十年，作为收尾的1948年德州参议员竞选可能是lyndon政治生涯中最重要的转折。2.读完coke晚年令人泪目的幸福故事后深感在历史上留下印记的人物，不一定就拥有最丰盛的人生。3.虽然因为这十年的经历之煎熬，叙述节奏之缓慢，读完时的心情不如读完第一部时激动，但作为传记作品仍然是上乘的。
5 有用 lotusback 2020-10-07 18:29:21
LBJ系列的第二本，作者却花大篇幅写了一个名叫Coke Stevenson的人，他是LBJ竞选参议员的最大对手，两人简直是对立体，一个不择手段，一个尽量保持体面。但事实是，美国政治容不下体面的人，Coke的执着甚至让人心疼。当然，这本书中也有LBJ能够成为总统的一些潜质，比如擅长利用媒体造势，还有历史上首次使用直升机竞选。
0 有用 momo 2024-04-15 17:50:44 广东
作者的写作功力很深厚，看这本书时，我仿佛就在旁观这一切。 Coke Stevenson跟Johnson真的是截然相反的两个人。 被偷走的选举的确很遗憾，但是Coke Stevenson竟然还能在64岁时遇到堪称他灵魂伴侣的才33岁的第二任妻子，一起度过幸福的21年，养育一位如珍似宝的女儿，可谓是塞翁失马焉知非福。
0 有用 格林制剂 2024-04-08 11:43:39 上海
没有第一部好看。创新无处不在，LBJ勇于接受新事物，敢于挑战旧权威，值得称赞。
0 有用 黑色的眸 2024-04-04 01:42:44 福建
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0 有用 Jacqueline_琳 2024-02-28 08:22:00 美国
@Audible. An incredible account of LBJ’s senate race and an engrossing exposé of the political machineries behind it. From the helicopter, to Stevenson’s ranch, and the innumerable rounds of counting ... @Audible. An incredible account of LBJ’s senate race and an engrossing exposé of the political machineries behind it. From the helicopter, to Stevenson’s ranch, and the innumerable rounds of counting in the wake of the election, Caro not only dissected LBJ’s character, but also the emergence of politics as we know it today. (展开)
0 有用 自知无知* 2023-10-09 09:06:26 湖北
林登一如既往的专业，引领媒体助力选举先驱者，那个年代第一个使用直升机助力选举。