Clear it with Sid! : Sidney R. Yates and fifty years of presidents, pragmatism, and public service /
"From 1949 to 1999, Congressman Sidney R. Yates of Illinois served under ten Presidents of the United States and eight Speakers of the House of Representatives. He debated and helped shape many of the major issues which formed America's dominance of the postwar world. In particular, as an...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Langue: | anglais |
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Urbana, IL :
University of Illinois Press
[2019]
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| Accès en ligne: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/j.ctvfrxq71 |
Table des matières:
- The crusader, 1949-62
- The road to Capitol Hill
- The class of '49
- "Here comes this nice, good-looking guy"
- "The judgment of admirals"
- Yates for Senate
- To the United Nations and back
- "This precious resource"
- America's committee
- Three years of the culture wars
- "The last Sanhedrin met in 70 CE"
- The final years.