This comprehensive four-volume hardcover set offers an in-depth political biography of Lyndon Johnson, showcasing Robert A. Caro's meticulous research and insightful analysis. Caro, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian known for his exploration of ambition and power dynamics, provides a rich and revealing portrait of Johnson, highlighting his complexities and the political landscape of his time. This work stands as a significant contribution to the understanding of American presidential history.
Robert A. Caro Libros
Robert Caro, un exreportero de investigación, crea obras monumentales que profundizan en la naturaleza del poder y las figuras que lo ejercen. Su enfoque distintivo implica una investigación exhaustiva y un análisis perspicaz, desenterrando los intrincados mecanismos de la influencia política y social. Caro expone sin miedo los aspectos más oscuros de la ambición y los profundos costos del poder, ofreciendo a los lectores una perspectiva compleja y a menudo aleccionadora sobre la historia. Su escritura proporciona no solo retratos detallados de individuos clave, sino también estudios perdurables sobre la gobernanza y la condición humana.
One of the most acclaimed books of our time, winner of both the Pulitzer and the Francis Parkman prizes, The Power Broker tells the hidden story behind the shaping (and mis-shaping) of twentieth-century New York (city and state) and makes public what few have known: that Robert Moses was, for almost half a century, the single most powerful man of our time in New York, the shaper not only of the city's politics but of its physical structure and the problems of urban decline that plague us today.In revealing how Moses did it--how he developed his public authorities into a political machine that was virtually a fourth branch of government, one that could bring to their knees Governors and Mayors (from La Guardia to Lindsay) by mobilizing banks, contractors, labor unions, insurance firms, even the press and the Church, into an irresistible economic force--Robert Caro reveals how power works in all the cities of the United States. Moses built an empire and lived like an emperor. He personally conceived and completed public works costing 27 billion dollars--the greatest builder America (and probably the world) has ever known. Without ever having been elected to office, he dominated the men who were--even his most bitter enemy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, could not control him--until he finally encountered, in Nelson Rockefeller, the only man whose power (and ruthlessness in wielding it) equalled his own.
Working
- 240 páginas
- 9 horas de lectura
In 'Working', Robert A. Caro offers a captivating account of his life as a writer, describing the sometimes staggering lengths to which he and his wife Ina have gone in order to produce his books and offering priceless insights into the art and craft of non-fiction writing
Traces young Lyndon Johnson's rise from Texas poverty to political power, illuminating his political relationships
Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson III
- 1232 páginas
- 44 horas de lectura
Describes the future president's career in the U.S. Senate, from breaking the southern control of Capitol Hill to passing the first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction.
The second volume of Robert A. Caro's biography of Lyndon Johnson, which chronicles his service in World War II and examines the controversy surrounding his win in the 1948 Texas Democratic senatorial primary by eighty-seven votes