Download or read book The Johnson Years: LBJ at home and abroad written by Robert A. Divine and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven leading Johnson scholars provide a revealing new look at LBJ's role in domestic and foreign policy. They examine his obsession with the Vietnam War; his commitment to the Great Society and civil rights; his failure to deal with radical civil-rights leaders and the crisis in the ghettos; his limited knowledge of Europe and his dealings with NATO; his Middle East policy; his views on Strategic Arms Limitations; his contribution to the decline of the Democratic party in the sixties; and his reactive rather than proactive response to women's issues.