Master of the Senate The Years of Lyndon Johnson III by Robert A Caro

Master of the Senate Book Three of The Years of Lyndon Johnson carries Johnsons story through one of its most remarkable periods his twelve years from 1949 to 1960 in the United States Senate. At the heart of the book is its unprecedented revelation of how legislative power works in America how the Senate works and how Johnson in his ascent to the presidency mastered the Senate as no political leader before him had ever done. It was during these years that all Johnsons experiencefrom his Texas