Of the Texas State Capitol in austin. Texas has played a rather outsize Role International political world, hasnt it . Absolutely. For texas goes, america goes in many respects. That has never been more true than today. Texas has always sort of lead the way for america in so many respects. We had three president s from here in the last 60 years. Lbj, president george w. Bush and president george w. Bush, so texas is an outsized presence in American Life, and texans wouldnt have it any other way. You have worked with one of those president s as well. Well, have you worked with all three in some capacity . Lets start with lbj who is right here in boston austin. Mark i with the director of the president ial library from 2009 to 2017 and now, the presidency or the lbj foundation. Ive written several books including one that we will talk about today, indomitable will lbj in the presidency. But one of the reasons i wanted to be the director of the library now 13 years ago was the fact that l
Many respects. That has never been more true than today. Texas has always sort of lead the way for america in so many respects. We had three president s from here in the last 60 years. Lbj, president george w. Bush and president george w. Bush, so texas is an outsized presence in American Life, and texans wouldnt have it any other way. You have worked with one of those president s as well. Well, have you worked with all three in some capacity . Lets start with lbj who is right here in boston austin. Mark i with the director of the president ial library from 2009 to 2017 and now, the presidency or the lbj foundation. Ive written several books including one that we will talk about today, indomitable will lbj in the presidency. But one of the reasons i wanted to be the director of the library now 13 years ago was the fact that lbj is one of our most consequential president s and so many respects. I think he is known for predominantly, but there is so much more to his legacy. And while vie
Books, including the making modern economics. As always, we appreciate grace, jfk in the presidency. Mark updegrove. Were sitting here in the shadow of the Texas State Capitol in austin. Texas has played a rather outsize Role International political world, hasnt it . Absolutely. For texas goes, america goes in many respects. That has never been more true than today. Texas has always sort of lead the way for america in so many respects. We had three president s from here in the last 60 years. Lbj, president george w. Bush and president george w. Bush, so texas is an outsized presence in American Life, and texans wouldnt have it any other way. You have worked with one of those president s as well. Well, have you worked with all three in some capacity . Lets start with lbj who is right here in boston austin. Mark i with the director of the president ial library from 2009 to 2017 and now, the presidency or the lbj foundation. Ive written several books including one that we will talk about
Freedom and the author of, 25 books, including the making modern economics. As always, we appreciate announcer and now, we are live with president of the storage and lbj Foundation President Mark Updegrove who over the next few hours will take your calls and questions the email, text, and social media. His books include indomitable will, lbj and the presidency, the last republicans, and most recently, incomparable grace, jfk in the presidency. Mark updegrove. Were sitting here in the shadow of the Texas State Capitol in austin. Texas has played a rather outsize Role International political world, hasnt it . Absolutely. For texas goes, america goes in many respects. That has never been more true than today. Texas has always sort of lead the way for america in so many respects. We had three president s from here in the last 60 years. Lbj, president george w. Bush and president george w. Bush, so texas is an outsized presence in American Life, and texans wouldnt have it any other way. You
A roundtable discussion about president Lyndon Johnson and his white house telephone tapes, the crown jewels in the lbj library archives. When he opened his library, 50 years ago this week, he declared it is all here. The story of our time, with the bark off. Theres no better example of that unvarnished history better than a 650 hours of telephone conversation that obedient tape during his time in office, covering the key issues of the day, he has recorded this, opening an exporting window into Johnson Building a Great Society, fighting a war on poverty, legislating for civil rights and struggling with policy toward vietnam. They also shed lights on johnsons approach to the presidency, to the press and to many other issues of the day. Over the past 20 years, my colleagues and i at the Miller Center, with support from the National Historical publications and records commission, have been transcribing and analyzing the lbj white house tapes and as of tonight, we are pleased to announce i