The Years Of Lyndon Johnson
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The Years Of Lyndon Johnson is a recurring book in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between June 18, 2021 and July 08, 2022. The archive places it in contexts such as “the finalists are: 9: The Years Of Lyndon Johnson”; “The Power Broker and The Years of Lyndon Johnson became such status symbols”; “Robert Caro’s The Years of Lyndon Johnson”. It most often appears alongside 1968 convention, 1976 Democratic, 1976 Democratic primary.
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- Category: Books
- Mention count: 2
- Issue count: 2
- First seen: June 18, 2021
- Last seen: July 08, 2022
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- 1968 convention (1 shared issues)
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- 1976 Democratic (1 shared issues)
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- 1976 Democratic primary (1 shared issues)
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- 1976 primary (1 shared issues)
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- 1979 oil crisis (1 shared issues)
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- 1980 (1 shared issues)
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- Addiction By Design (1 shared issues)
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- Air Force One (1 shared issues)
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- Al Gore (1 shared issues)
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- American embassy (1 shared issues)
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- Anwar Sadat (1 shared issues)
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- Are We Smart Enough To Know How Smart Animals Are? (1 shared issues)
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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.
1: Order Without Law 2: On The Natural Faculties 3: Progress And Poverty 4: Are We Smart Enough To Know How Smart Animals Are? 5: Why Buddhism Is True 6: Double Fold 7: The Wizard And The Prophet 8: Through The Eye Of A Needle 9: The Years Of Lyndon Johnson 10: Addiction By Design 11: The Accidental Superpower 12: Humankind 13: The Collapse Of Complex Societies 14: Where’s My Flying Car? 15: Down And Out In Paris And London 16: How Children Fail 17: Plagues And Peoples
Inline links: Order Without Law, On The Natural Faculties, Progress And Poverty, Are We Smart Enough To Know How Smart Animals Are?, Why Buddhism Is True, Double Fold, The Wizard And The Prophet, Through The Eye Of A Needle, The Years Of Lyndon Johnson, Addiction By Design, The Accidental Superpower, Humankind, The Collapse Of Complex Societies, Where’s My Flying Car?, Down And Out In Paris And London, How Children Fail, Plagues And Peoples
John Adams became an HBO miniseries. Hamilton became a Broadway show. The Power Broker and The Years of Lyndon Johnson became such status symbols that there was a whole pandemic meme about people ostentatiously displaying them in their Zoom backgrounds. But you never hear anyone bragging about their extensive knowledge of the Carter administration.
Inline links: pandemic meme
I also don’t think this book succeeds purely as a biographical portrait of its subject. After I finished Robert Caro’s The Years of Lyndon Johnson, I felt like I really knew LBJ. But even after finishing all 628 pages of this book, Carter remains a mystery to me. I can tell you everything he did during his presidency, but I still don’t feel like I really understand him. What motivated Jimmy Carter? How did he develop his seemingly unshakeable confidence? Why did he even want to be president in the first place? (Ted Kennedy’s high-profile fumble of this question famously contributed to his primary loss, but Carter never really answers it either.)
Inline links: high-profile fumble