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|author=Robert A Caro
|title=The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power
|rating=5
|genre=Biography
|summary=Lyndon Baines Johnson was the 36th President of the United States, preceded by John F Kennedy and succeeded by Richard Nixon, with both being remembered most for the way they left office. His five-year term in office was overshadowed at the start by the Kennedy assassination and increasingly blighted by the debacle which was Vietnam, but there was something about Johnson which always intrigued me: how does a poor boy from Texas hill country without an exceptional (or even 'good') education become president of the United States? 'The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power' tells you all that you need to know.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>B00GSHTJZQ</amazonuk>
}}
 
{{newreview
|title=London Bridge in America: The Tall Story of a Transatlantic Crossing
|summary=During his lifetime John Fitzgerald Kennedy created an image of himself that dazzled and which has largely remained intact despite the steady leakage of information over the years which could have been expected to tarnish. It could be argued that - much as in the case of Elvis Presley and Princess Diana - death was an excellent career move, but Mark White examines the way the image was built up, then maintained and - after the assassination - burnished, reinforced and protected.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1441161864</amazonuk>
}}
 
{{newreview
|title=Armchair Nation: An intimate history of Britain in front of the TV
|author=Joe Moran
|rating=4.5
|genre=Entertainment
|summary=All of us have a love-hate affair with television, or ‘the idiot lantern’. Hardly anybody who has ever owned a set, or been part of a family which has had one, can envisage life without it. It has been a source of endless entertainment and escape from the drudge of everyday life, while at some time it has irritated most of us beyond measure. Love it or loathe it, it has always been part of the fabric of our existence. While to a certain extent it has been superseded by online services which have supplemented if not overtaken or usurped part of its role, its iconic status is unlikely to disappear for the foreseeable future.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1846683912</amazonuk>
}}

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