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The Caro books on the LBJ presidency are incredible biographies. LBJ did crazy things to get where he got.
by asdfman123 2y ago
The Caro books on the LBJ presidency are incredible biographies. LBJ did crazy things to get where he got.
- pjmorris 2y agoI've only read the first of Caro's LBJ biographies, 'The Path to Power', but I'd very much agree. I plan to read one annually, but last year's Caro was 'The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York.' How Moses acquired the power (genius, legislation, money and, through them, influence) to physically reshape New York City and State seems pretty relevant to understanding how things work today. I consider Caro's short book, 'Working', a gateway drug for the longer books.
- asdfman123 2y agoI just finished the first and I'm halfway through the second one, Means of Ascent. It's granted a little slower than the first. It helps to listen to them as audiobooks because I can play them at the gym or something or on my commute and don't have to get too focused on the details.