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Aug 2020
31m 46s

Lyndon B. Johnson: The Controversial One

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LBJ was catapulted into the presidency by tragic circumstances, but his goal was clear. On a diet consisting of women, cigarettes, and booze, he would outwork and outlast anyone who opposed him. 


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