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#305 Robert Caro on power, poverty, ruthlessness, & obsession

May 29, 2023 · 54m
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  • Robert Caro's research reveals Lyndon Johnson's relentless competitiveness rooted in witnessing his father's failures
  • Johnson's fear of losing consequences drove him to deploy any tactic necessary to win and achieve power
  • Caro's own obsessive approach to biography mirrors the subjects he studies, with his books becoming his life's work

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