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Title: Psycho-Biography
Review: This was the first (and as of yet, only) book by Ms. Goodwin that I have read. Having seen her many times on television, I expected a somewhat deep historical perspective. By the time I was 25% through the book, I wasn't sure if Ms. Goodwin was a professor of history or psychology. She jumped to an extreme amount of conclusions about LBJ's thoughts and motivations, all based upon her "unique" ability to delve into the deeper LBJ through her amateur psychological training. The parts of the book I found most interesting were LBJ's monologues, during which you could listen to the man's self doubt and frustration. But most of the book read like a doctoral thesis from a young psychology major. After a while, it got very boring.
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