Four years ago, Michael Beschloss published his first volume of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s secretly-recorded telephone conversations that covered the period from November 1963 through August 1964. This second volume of edited transcripts advances the project through July 1965. Though phenomenally rich and valuable as historical documents, only dedicated political junkies will wish to plow […]
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