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Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1961-1973 (Updated Edition) by Emeritus Professor Robert Dallek Paperback, 784 Pages, Published 1999 ISBN-10: 0-19-513238-6 / 0195132386 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-513238-0 / 9780195132380 In the opening pages of Flawed Giant, readers meet a downtrodden politician whose greatest ambition--the presidency--is tantalizingly close but seemingly out of reach. JFK's elder by almost 20 years, Johnson was a reluctant and unenthusiastic vice president. When he finally realized the offi |