WHEN Lyndon B. Johnson became President he was something ... IN THE world at large, both De Gaulle of France and U Thant of the United Nations were seeking negotiated peace, and it even appeared ...

It was Washington’s No. 1 topic last week, overpowering talk of Viet Nam, Charles de Gaulle and the Sino-Soviet split. Lyndon ... on the L.B.J. ranch. “But I asked Mrs. Johnson last night ...

The threat of U.S. withdrawal has prompted countries around the world — from Germany to South Korea — to talk about building ...

Lyndon Johnson, who, while in office ... Among the tributes from abroad, one of the most heartfelt was a message from Charles de Gaulle, the last of the towering figures of World War II.

“It’s a mess.” President Lyndon B. Johnson knew the Vietnam situation was trouble when he inherited it following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He also couldn’t wrap his ...

Born in poverty in Texas Hill Country, President Johnson delivered an unsurpassed series of momentous legislation, including the Voting Rights Act and Civil Rights Act. Yet by 1968 he was so ...

Whittington had met President Lyndon B. Johnson, but there was no reason for him to call her at home; they’d hardly interacted during her tenure as secretary to one of the late John F.