Books like The Vantage Point by Lyndon B. Johnson

A former senator argues for a politics of faith, inclusiveness, and justice, examining money, media, economic insecurity, racial tensions, and global threats while urging a return to constitutional principles to heal America.

Gandhi's autobiography is a profound exploration of his non-violent resistance to racism and colonialism, as well as his efforts to seek purity and truth through simple living and spiritual devotion.

Barack Obama’s memoir traces his early life, the loss of his father, and a search for identity that shaped the future president.

A concise biography that follows Lyndon B. Johnson from his upbringing in Texas to his ascension to the U.S. presidency, illuminating the pivotal moments of his political career.

Johnson's presidency begins with the passage of power.

Ronald Reagan recounts his personal and political journey in this autobiographical account of an American life.

Profiles in Courage follows eight U.S. Senators who chose integrity over popular opinion, illustrating the moral challenges of public service.

Many mid 20th century American government programs created to help citizens survive and improve ended up being heavily biased against African-Americans. Katznelson documents this white affirmative action, and argues that its existence should be an important part of the argument in support of late 20th century affirmative action programs.

Richard N. Goodwin reflects on United States politics during the 1960s, with particular focus on the administrations of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.

Lyndon Johnson brought to the presidency a political outlook nurtured by New Deal liberalism and the idea of government intervention for the public good. In his desire to make that idea work at home and abroad, he contributed to one of the most tragic turning points in American history. As LBJ sought to fulfill John Kennedy's pledge in Southeast Asia, he constructed a fatal coupling of the Great Society and the anti-Communist imperative that had long governed American foreign policy. Pay Any Price is Lloyd Gardner's riveting account of Lyndon Johnson and America's fall into Vietnam; of behind-the-scenes decision-making at the highest levels of government; of miscalculation, blinkered optimism, and moral obtuseness. In a brilliant blending of political biography and diplomatic history, Mr. Gardner has written the first book on American involvement in the Vietnam War to use the full resources and newly declassified documents of the Johnson Library, as well as a wealth of other sources, and to tell the whole story of Johnson and Vietnam.