What It Was Like Working for Lyndon B. Johnson, with Tom Johnson
Summary
Tom Johnson, former head of CNN and LA Times, shares his memoir "Driven" in this episode, recounting his time as a White House fellow under President Lyndon B. Johnson. He offers intimate insights into LBJ’s complex personality, his legendary "treatment" persuasion tactics, and the intense pressures of the Vietnam War. Johnson also details the secrecy behind LBJ’s 1968 withdrawal from the race and the profound impact of the assassinations of MLK and RFK. The conversation concludes with Johnson’s pivotal role in securing exclusive interviews with Gorbachev and Yeltsin during the fall of the …
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