Author: joshuazeitz

The author of Lincoln’s Boys takes us inside Lyndon Johnson’s White House to show how the legendary Great Society programs were actually put into practice: Team of Rivals for LBJ. The personalities behind every burst of 1960s liberal reform – from civil rights and immigration reform, to Medicare and Head Start.“Absorbing, and astoundingly well-researched — all good historians do their homework, … historians do their homework, but Zeitz goes above and beyond. It’s a more than worthwhile addition to the canon of books about Johnson.”–NPR“Beautifully written…a riveting portrait of LBJ… Every officeholder in Washington would profit from reading this book.”…