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Candid phone calls with LBJ
Archived phone calls reveal Lyndon B. Johnson grappling with the exhausting, petty and frustrating sides of presidential power.
Real, candid White House phone calls show the most powerful man in the world rarely getting his way.
LBJ’s archived phone calls show the more enervating sides of power.
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