Last Great Senate Courage and Statesmanship in Times of Crisis

Name: Last Great Senate Courage and Statesmanship in Times of Crisis
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ISBN: 9781586489366

ISBN-10: 1586489364

ISBN-13: 9781586489366

Edition: 2012

Authors: Ira Shapiro

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Journalists have called the U.S. Senate an empty chamber; politicians have lamented that the institution is broken--yet the Senate was once capable of greatness. Senators of the 1960s and '70s overcame southern opposition to civil rights, passed Great Society legislation, and battled the executive branch on Vietnam, Watergate, and its abuses of power. The right's sweep of the 1980 elections shattered that Senate, leaving a diminished institution in its wake. Ira Shapiro spent 12 years working for Senators Gaylord Nelson, Abraham Ribicoff, Thomas Eagleton, Robert Byrd, and Jay Rockefeller. The Last Great Senateis his vivid portrait of the statesmen who helped steer America during the crisis…

Book details

List price: $40.50
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication date: 2/14/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 512
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English



Prologue


977



The Grind



The Natural



Great Expectations, Different Agendas



Hawk and Dove



The Appearance of Impropriety



The Liberal Filibuster


1978



A Year of Living Dangerously



The Panama Canal Fight



Venturing into the Middle East



An Epic Business-Labor Clash



Saving New York



Closing Days


1979



Before the Storm



Energy Battles After the Iranian Revolution



Fighting the Economic Tide



SALT II: Death by a Thousand Cuts


1980



A Tough Political Climate



Americas Last Frontier



Fighting to Survive



The Lame-Duck Session


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


A Note on Sources


Interviews


Notes


Bibliography


Index