Sly and Able A Political Biography of James F. Byrnes

Name: Sly and Able A Political Biography of James F. Byrnes
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ISBN: 9780393335156

ISBN-10: 0393335151

ISBN-13: 9780393335156

Edition: N/A

Authors: David Robertson

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Few political figures have had as long, as varied and as consequential a career in American history as Jimmy Byrnes. This master politician and self-made man served for half a century, as congressman and later as key New Deal senator from his native South Carolina; as Supreme Court justice; as "assistant president" during the Second World War; as Truman's secretary of state in the early years of the Cold War; and, finally, as governor of South Carolina. He came tantalisingly close to the American presidency and was a key participant in the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. In later years he was a seminal figure in the so-called Southern Strategy that brought Richard Nixon to the…

Book details

List price: $37.50
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/1/1980
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 676
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 1.43" tall
Weight: 1.474