I have been reading Robert Caro’s essential biography of Lyndon Johnson in four volumes (Volume Five may yet be published, according to Caro). I am currently in Book Three, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Master of the Senate. In it, Caro describes the history of the United States Senate, from its 26-member origin until 1957, when Lyndon Johnson was able to push through the first Civil Rights legislation since 1871. It is particularly relevant to today’s conflicts to review Robert Caro’s narrative, to understand the nature and intransigence of the machinations we are facing.
Monsters of the Senate
Monsters of the Senate
Monsters of the Senate
I have been reading Robert Caro’s essential biography of Lyndon Johnson in four volumes (Volume Five may yet be published, according to Caro). I am currently in Book Three, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Master of the Senate. In it, Caro describes the history of the United States Senate, from its 26-member origin until 1957, when Lyndon Johnson was able to push through the first Civil Rights legislation since 1871. It is particularly relevant to today’s conflicts to review Robert Caro’s narrative, to understand the nature and intransigence of the machinations we are facing.