Lyndon Johnson: The Tragic Self

Through the recounting of interviews with his political allies, mentors, competitors, personal companions, and confidants, Muslin and Jobe (both psychiatry, U. of Illinois Medical School) explain the behavior of the 36th president from the viewpoint of psychoanalytic self psychology, an approach concerned with the concept of self as the center of mental life. Distributed by Plenum. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.