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Lamar W. Hankins : Lyndon Baines Johnson As Tragic Hero

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Thorne Dreyer

Former President Lyndon Baines Johnson, August 1972. Image from the LBJ Library / PBS Newshour. Lyndon Baines Johnson: My tragic hero LBJ was doomed from the start, trapped by earlier mistakes that he could not avoid without being vilified by … Continue reading →

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