Lyndon B. Johnson bibliography

The Lyndon B. Johnson Bibliography includes major books and articles about President Lyndon B. Johnson, his life, and presidential administration.

Primary sources

* Barrett David M. "Lyndon B. Johnson's Vietnam Papers: A Documentary Collection" (1997). Documents from LBJ Library and other archives.
* Beschloss Michael R. "Taking Charge: The Johnson White House Tapes, 1963–1964" (1997). Transcribed recordings of LBJ's phone calls.
* Califano Joseph A., Jr. "The Triumph & Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson" (1991). By a cabinet member.
* Gallup, George H. ed. "The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion, 1935–1971, volume 3: 1959–1971" (1972). Summary of poll data.
* Johnson Lyndon B. "The Vantage Point: Perspectives on the Presidency, 1963–1969" (1971). LBJ's memoirs.
* "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson" (10 volumes, GPO, 1965–70). All speeches and official statements.

econdary sources

General biographies

* Caro, Robert A. "The Years of Lyndon Johnson" (3 volumes as of 2006): "The Path to Power" (1982); "Means of Ascent" (1990); "" (2002). The most detailed biography, extends to 1960.
* Dallek, Robert. "Lone Star Rising: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1908–1960" (1991); "Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1961–1973" (1998); also: " Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President" (2004). A 400-page abridged version of his 2 volume scholarly biography.
* Kearns Goodwin, Doris. "Lyndon Johnson & the American Dream" (1977). A character study.
* Reedy, George "Lyndon B. Johnson: A Memoir" (1982), ISBN 0-8362-6610-2. A memoir by the press secretary.
* Woods, Randall. "LBJ: Architect of American Ambition" (2006). A highly detailed scholarly biography (1000 pages).

Presidential years

* Altschuler, Bruce E.; "LBJ and the Polls" U Presses of Florida, 1990
* Bernstein, Irving. "Guns or Butter: The Presidency of Lyndon Johnson" 1994.
* Bornet, Vaughn Davis. "The Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson". 1983
* Divine, Robert A., ed. "The Johnson Years. Vol. 1: Foreign Policy, the Great Society and the White House." 1981; essays by scholars
* Divine, Robert A., ed. "The Johnson Years. Vol. 2: Vietnam, the Environment, and Science." 1987; essays by scholars
* Divine, Robert A., ed. "The Johnson Years. Vol. 3: LBJ at Home and Abroad". 1994; essays by scholars
* Finley, Keith M. "Delaying the Dream: Southern Senators and the Fight Against Civil Rights, 1938-1965" (Baton Rouge, LSU Press, 2008).
* Firestone, Bernard J., and Robert C. Vogt, eds. "Lyndon Baines Johnson and the Uses of Power." (1988); essays by scholars
* Gould, Lewis L. "Lady Bird Johnson and the Environment." 1988.
* Lichtenstein, Nelson, ed. "Political Profiles: The Johnson Years". 1976. short biographies of 400+ key politicians
* Mann, Robert. "The Walls of Jericho: Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Richard Russell, and the Struggle for Civil Rights." 1996.
* Redford, Emmette S., and Marlan Blissett. "Organizing the Executive Branch: The Johnson Presidency." 1981.
* Shesol, Jeff. "Mutual Contempt: Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, and the Feud That Shaped a Decade" 1997.
* White, Theodore H. "The Making of the President, 1964" 1965.
* Zarefsky, David. "President Johnson's War on Poverty" 1986.

Vietnam

* Barrett, David Marshall. "Advice and Dissent: An Organizational Analysis of the Evolution of Lyndon Johnson's Vietnam Advisory System, 1965–1968." (University of Notre Dame, 1990)
* Berman, Larry. "Lyndon Johnson's War: The Road to Stalemate in Vietnam" (1991)
* Brands, H. W. "The Wages of Globalism: Lyndon Johnson and the Limits of American Power " (1997)
* Casey, Francis Michael. "The Vietnam Policy of President Lyndon Baines Johnson in Response to the Theory of the Protracted Conflict as Applied in the Politics of Indochina: A Case Study of Threat Perception and Assessment in the Crisis Management Process of a Pluralistic Society." (Claremont Graduate School, 1976)
* Cherwitz, Richard Arnold. "The Rhetoric of the Gulf of Tonkin: A Study of the Crisis Speaking of President Lyndon B. Johnson." (University of Iowa, 1978)
* Goodnight, Lisa Jo. "The Conservative Voice of a Liberal President: An Analysis of Lyndon B. Johnson's Vietnam Rhetoric." (Purdue University, 1993)
* Kaiser, David E. "American tragedy: Kennedy, Johnson, and the origins of the Vietnam War." (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2000) ISBN 0-674-00225-3
* Logevall, Fredrik Bengt Johan. "Fear to Negotiate: Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War, 1963–1965." (Yale University, 1993)
* Turner, Kathleen Jane. "The Effect of Presidential-Press Interaction on Lyndon B. Johnson's Vietnam War Rhetoric." (Purdue University, 1978)
* Vandiver, Frank E. "Shadows of Vietnam: Lyndon Johnson's Wars" (1997)