Lyndon Johnson and Europe: In the Shadow of Vietnam. By Thomas Alan Schwartz. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2003. 352 pp. Index, notes, bibliography, photographs, tables. Cloth, $29.95. ISBN 0-674-01074-4.
Historians have not been kind in their judgments of Lyndon Johnson's conduct of American foreign policy. They have portrayed him as a culture-bound leader, vulnerable to cliches and stereotypes and prone to crude behavior, one who lacked any independent instinct in dealing with other nations. Although scholars agree that LBJ proceeded cautiously and consulted a wide range of advisers, most emphasize the large gap between his performance in the domestic arena and his …
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