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Means of Ascent (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume 2) (平装)
by Robert A. Caro
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American presidency, American history, Biography |
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New York Times Book Review, Ronald Steel, USA
<2008-03-07 00:00>
An immensely engrossing and deeply disturbing tale . . . Mr. Caro is an indefatigable investigative reporter and a skillful historian who can make the most abstract material . . . come vibrantly to life. |
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Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times, USA
<2008-03-07 00:00>
Thrilling. Caro burns into the reader's imagination the story of the [1948 Senate] election. Never has it been told so dramatically, with breathtaking detail piled on incredible development . . .In The Path to Power, Volume I of his monumental biography, Robert A. Caro ignited a blowtorch whose bright flame illuminated Johnson's early career. In Means of Ascent he intensifies the flame to a brilliant blue point. |
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Henry F. Graff, Professor of History, Columbia University, USA
<2008-03-07 00:00>
Brilliant. No brief review does justice to the drama of the story Caro is telling, which is nothing less than how present-day politics was born. |
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Mark Feeney, Boston Sunday Globe, USA
<2008-03-07 00:00>
Caro has a unique place among American political biographers. He has become, in many ways, the standard by which his fellows are measured. Caro's diligence [and] ambition are phenomenal . . . A remarkable story . . . Epic. |
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Ronald Steel, New York Times Book Review, USA
<2008-03-07 00:00>
Immensely engaging . . . Caro is an indefatigable investigative reporter and a skillful historian who can make the most abstract material come vibrantly to life. [He has a] marvelous ability to tell a story . . . His analysis of how power is used-to build highways and dams, to win elections, to get rich-is masterly. |
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Steve Neal, Fort Worth Star Telegram, USA
<2008-03-07 00:00>
The most compelling study of American political power and corruption since Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men.... It is nothing less than a political epic, the definitive account of a watershed election, rich with all of the intrigue and drama that have become the stuff of legend. [It has] the suspense of a political thriller. |
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Philip Seib, Dallas Morning News, USA
<2008-03-07 00:00>
His research is dazzlingly exhaustive, his gripping story is enhanced by excellent writing, and his findings [seem] largely irrefutable. No one has done a better job of researching [the 1948 race] than Mr. Caro. He has produced a portrait not only of Lyndon Johnson, but also of the politics and values of mid-century America. |
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Robert K. Massie, USA
<2008-03-07 00:00>
A great book, and I believe the completed biography will be the great book about American politics in the twentieth century. The story of the '48 election is remarkable, unique. If it weren't a cliche, I'd say it has Tolstoyan epic grandeur. |
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Theodore M. O'Leary, Kansas City Star, USA
<2008-03-07 00:00>
We who are alive today are privileged to be present at the creation of what, when it is completed, may rank as the most riveting and disturbing American political biography of this century . . . Magnificently written. |
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A Reader (MSL quote), USA
<2008-03-07 00:00>
Anyone interested in the history of US Politics must read this book. It tells the true story of Lyndon Johnson's role in the Second World War. It also discusses Johnson's hatred of the House of Representatives. It is too big. It is, as Caro puts it, "too slow," for Johnson. The only way to get power in the House is to wait. Johnson, impatient and itching for real power, has none. Sitting in the Naval Affairs committee, ruled by Dictator Vinson, Johnson has no power. He would have to wait many, many years until he would possibly, if at all, reach the chairmanship. Handicapped by ancestral health problems (Johnson men died in their 60's), he realizes this path is "too slow".
Having lost the Senate race in 1941 to W. Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel, he gives it another shot in '48. O' Daniel is not running because of the mockery he made of himself in Washington. Even worse, Coke Stevenson, a Texas Legend runs. In perhaps the most monumental and competitive political race in the history of Texas, Johnson wins by a mere 48 votes, but not after a investigation into those votes and a legal battle. You cannot miss the story of this election. I flew throught the book, and you will too. With absolutely impeccable prose and style, Caro does it again with Means of Ascent.
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