Lyndon B. Johnson Books

Lyndon B. Johnson served as the 36th President of the United States, building on a lengthy career in Congress. As president, he architected the Great Society programs, a series of landmark liberal legislative initiatives that included civil rights laws, healthcare for the elderly and poor, and a declared "War on Poverty." Concurrently, he dramatically escalated American involvement in the Vietnam War. His presidential legacy remains a complex and debated subject.