Lyndon B Johnson Personality Analysis

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Lyndon B. Johnson the thirty-sixth President of the United States, took office following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in the fall of 1963. He would go on to win reelection in 1964 by defeating Barry Goldwater, with one of the largest margins in history. Like most presidents during this time his administration was enshrined by the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement. Many historical texts focus on LBJ’s personality and how it influenced his decisions pertaining to Civil Rights and Vietnam. During his presidency, Johnson showed two different personalities, they really shone through during the Civil Rights Movement and during Vietnam. Some historians see Johnson as a president of understanding and malleability while in office alluding to his conduct during the Civil Rights Movement, while others argue that he was manipulative and …show more content…
Johnson’s personality changed for each event that took place, he responded accordingly to the needs of the nation; this led to strong leadership and the advancement of the …show more content…
‘I’m the only President you have,’ he told opponents of policies he favored.” This ultimatum gave his opponents only two choices side with the president or dissent against the most powerful man in the country. This shows LBJ in a bad light, it shows him as tyrant that would only surround himself with people that agreed with him and his policies.
Dallek describes a deterioration in LBJ’s personality as his presidency got deeper into the Vietnam War and dissent became apparent. “Historian and White House intellectual Eric Goldman remembers that by the middle of 1966 ‘the domestic reformer of the Great Society days had become a war chief….” This is because protesters were becoming more active against the war, and this did not sit well with LBJ because if you were not with him you were trying to ruin
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