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...Afghanistan problem with the help of its armed forces. It was fantasy to think that a military solution could be achieved by deploying a contingent of 100,000 in a mountainous country with a territory of 652,200 sq. km ((251,800 sq. mi.)). It was obvious at first glance to military and political leaders that the task was to support the Afghanistan regime. But every action follows its own rules. It is easy to deploy forces, but objective realities then compel you to take other decisions. From this point of view, the armed forces were pushed into participating...
Caro began work on his Texas-size biography of L.B.J. 14 years ago. The choice of subject was a natural progression from his first marathon, The Power Broker (1974), a 1,200-page study of New York City master builder Robert Moses. The Power Broker is an obligatory book for understanding modern urban politics. In turning to L.B.J., Caro shifted his focus from how New York City works to what makes the nation run. The answer is not surprising. As Franklin Roosevelt's factotum Tommy ("the Cork") Corcoran responded when Caro asked how the young L.B.J. gained power, "Money...
...Caro's first Johnson volume, The Path to Power, was published in 1982 and proved Corcoran wrong. In comprehensive and forceful detail, it followed Johnson from the lonely Texas hill country, out from under the humiliating shadow of his failed father. The book ended with his unexpected defeat in a 1941 race for the U.S. Senate. The Path remained a best seller for three months and won the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction...
...many as six further excerpts are expected to appear in the magazine, covering the founding of L.B.J.'s fortune and his controversial election to the Senate in 1948. Knopf will issue a first printing of 200,000 copies in March...
...appeal to the Wall's Communist architects to tear down the 26-mile-long concrete monstrosity. Today the Wall continues to pierce the hearts of Berliners every bit as effectively as its pipes, barbed wires and other sharp obstacles once sliced the bodies of desperate refugees. But for the first time since Kennedy's appeal, it seems possible that the Wall might come tumbling down...