{"product_id":"2940170682645","title":"Taking Charge: The Johnson White House Tapes 1963 1964 (Abridged)","description":"\u003ci\u003eTaking Charge\u003c\/i\u003e brings you into the room with an American political legend, still hated and revered a quarter century after his death. We hear Lyndon Johnson as he schemes and blusters, rewards and punishes, and reveals a bedrock core of unshakable political beliefs. \u003cbr\u003e The only President to record his private conversations from his first day in office, LBJ ordered these tapes locked in a vault until at least the year 2023. But now they have been unsealed, providing a close-up look at a President taking power such as we have never had before -- from John F. Kennedy's murder in November 1963 to Johnson's campaign for a landslide victory. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTaking Charge\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with revelations about the full-blooded Texan behind the public image. You will hear LBJ: \u003cbr\u003e * Revealing his self-doubts and personal anguish over the responsibilities of the presidency\u003cbr\u003e * Receiving the frank criticism of his wife, Lady Bird Johnson\u003cbr\u003e * Staking his presidency on a revolutionaly civil rights bill\u003cbr\u003e * Scuttling Robert Kennedy's drive to be his Vice President\u003cbr\u003e * Using the Tonkin Gulf attack to expand the American beachhead in Southeast Asia\u003cbr\u003e * Unveiling his private, tortured early doubts that we could ever win a war in Vietnam \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTaking Charge\u003c\/i\u003e gives us an unprecedented look into a crucial presidency that continues to shape our lives today. In LBJ's own words, it is history \"with the bark off.\"","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169379434736,"sku":"2940170682645","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170682645_p0.jpg?v=1763810851","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170682645","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}