LBJ: From Mastermind to "The Colossus"

From Mastermind to ?The Colossus?

Phillip F. Nelson

• Publisher: Skyhorse
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN:
  9781628736922
• eBook ISBN:
  9781629140261
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: 20th Century History
• Index: History

Phillip F. Nelson's new book begins where LBJ: The Mastermind of the JFK Assassination left off. Now president, Johnson begins to push Congress to enact long-dormant legislation that he had previously impeded, always insisting that the timing wasn't right. Nelson argues that the passage of Johnson's "Great Society" legislation was designed to take the focus of the nation off the assassination as well as lay the groundwork for building his own legacy.Nelson also examines Johnson's plan to redirect US foreign policy within days of becoming president, as he maneuvered to insert the US military into the civil war being fought in Vietnam. This, he thought, would provide another means to achieve his goal of becoming a great wartime president. In addition, Nelson presents evidence to show that the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty in 1967 was arguably directed by Johnson against his own ship and the 294 sailors on board as a way to insert the US military into the Six-Day War. It only failed because the Liberty refused to sink.Finally, Nelson presents newly discovered documents from the files of Texas Ranger Clint Peoples that prove Johnson was closely involved with Billie Sol Estes and had made millions from Estes's frauds against taxpayers. These papers show linkages to Johnson's criminal behavior, the very point that his other biographers ignore.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: The (Real) “Lone Ranger”: A Lifelong Quest for Justice
• Chapter 2: LBJ: Master of Manipulation
• Chapter 3: LBJ’s Template: Keeping Secrets and Planting Lies to Replace Truths
• Chapter 4: LBJ’s Use of America’s Wealthiest and Most Influential Men—and How It Led to Presidential Treason
• Chapter 5: Endless Investigations, More Murders
• Chapter 6: The Demise of Robert F. Kennedy
• Chapter 7: Lyndon Johnson’s War
• Chapter 8: The Six-Day War and the Attack on the USS Liberty
• Chapter 9: A Hypothesis of Presidential Treason
• Chapter 10: The Legacy of the “Colossus” (a.k.a. the “King of the World”)
• Epilogue
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Bibliography
• Endnotes
• Index