The Passage of Power

This fourth volume in Caro's biographical study of Lyndon B. Johnson examines the volatile period spanning 1958 through 1964. It charts Johnson's contested run for the 1960 presidential nomination, his uneasy compromise in accepting the vice presidency under John F. Kennedy, and his painful isolation within the Kennedy administration. The narrative chronicles the devastating national shock of the Dallas assassination and details how Johnson seized executive power to pass landmark civil rights and antipoverty measures.

by Robert A. Caro

Bodley Head · First published 2012 · 736 pages