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Format: xxxiv, 842 Seiten, 32 ungezählte Seiten : , Illustrationen ; , 25 cm.

Edition: First edition

ISBN: 978-0-375-50580-5 , 0-375-50580-6

Content: The definitive life of one of the most complex and compelling figures of the twentieth century, this biography draws on thousands of newly available documents and interviews, including Rockefeller's own unpublished reminiscences. Grandson of oil magnate John D. Rockefeller, Nelson coveted the White House from childhood. Before he was thirty he had helped his father develop Rockefeller Center and his mother establish the Museum of Modern Art. At 32 he was Franklin Roosevelt's wartime coordinator for Latin America. As New York's four-term governor he set national standards in education, the environment, and urban policy. The charismatic face of liberal Republicanism, Rockefeller championed civil rights and health insurance for all. Three times he sought the presidency...arguably in the wrong party. At the Republican National Convention in San Francisco in 1964, locked in an epic battle with Barry Goldwater, Rockefeller denounced extremist elements in the GOP, a moment that changed the party forever. But he could not wrest the nomination from the Arizona conservative, or from Richard Nixon four years later. In the end, he had to settle for two dispiriting years as vice president under Gerald Ford. Here, historian Richard Norton Smith re-creates Rockefeller's improbable rise to the governor's mansion, his politically disastrous divorce and remarriage, and his often surprising relationships with presidents and political leaders from FDR to Henry Kissinger. From the deadly 1971 prison uprising at Attica and unceasing battles with New York City mayor John Lindsay to his son's unsolved disappearance, the punitive drug laws that bear his name, and the much-gossiped-about circumstances of his death, Nelson Rockefeller's was a life of astonishing color, range, and relevance....From publisher description

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-8129-9687-6

Language: English

Keywords: 1908-1979 Rockefeller, Nelson A. ; Biografie ; Biografie

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

URL: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Format: 397 S. , Ill

ISBN: 0671460358

Language: English

Subjects: History , General works

Keywords: Bibliografie

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Format: xxi, 424 p , 24 cm

ISBN: 0395524423

Series Statement: A Richard Todd book

Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-399) and index

Language: English

Keywords: Washington, George 1732-1799 ; USA ; Geschichte 1790-1799 ; Biografie

URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0728/92021732-d.html

URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0736/92021732-b.html

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Format: 703 S , Ill.

ISBN: 067141741X

Note: Bibliography: p. 675-686 , Includes index

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science

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Format: xxxiv, 842 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates , illustrations, portraits , 25 cm

Edition: 1. ed.

ISBN: 9780375505805 , 0375505806

Content: The definitive life of one of the most complex and compelling figures of the twentieth century, this biography draws on thousands of newly available documents and interviews, including Rockefeller's own unpublished reminiscences. Grandson of oil magnate John D. Rockefeller, Nelson coveted the White House from childhood. Before he was thirty he had helped his father develop Rockefeller Center and his mother establish the Museum of Modern Art. At 32 he was Franklin Roosevelt's wartime coordinator for Latin America. As New York's four-term governor he set national standards in education, the environment, and urban policy. The charismatic face of liberal Republicanism, Rockefeller championed civil rights and health insurance for all. Three times he sought the presidency--arguably in the wrong party. At the Republican National Convention in San Francisco in 1964, locked in an epic battle with Barry Goldwater, Rockefeller denounced extremist elements in the GOP, a moment that changed the party forever. But he could not wrest the nomination from the Arizona conservative, or from Richard Nixon four years later. In the end, he had to settle for two dispiriting years as vice president under Gerald Ford. Here, historian Richard Norton Smith re-creates Rockefeller's improbable rise to the governor's mansion, his politically disastrous divorce and remarriage, and his often surprising relationships with presidents and political leaders from FDR to Henry Kissinger. From the deadly 1971 prison uprising at Attica and unceasing battles with New York City mayor John Lindsay to his son's unsolved disappearance, the punitive drug laws that bear his name, and the much-gossiped-about circumstances of his death, Nelson Rockefeller's was a life of astonishing color, range, and relevance.--From publisher description

Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [803]-808) and index , Born to lead (1908-1936)Full throttle (1937-1955) -- An authentic representative of the people (1956-1964) -- The limits of power (1965-1971) -- Out of step (1972-1979).

Additional Edition: ISBN 9780812996876

Language: English

Keywords: Rockefeller, Nelson A. 1908-1979 ; Biografie

URL: Verlagsangaben

URL: Autorenbiografie

URL: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1503/2013497351-s.html

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Format: XVI, 200 S. , Ill.

ISBN: 0962333328 , 0962333336

Note: Includes index

Language: English

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Format: XIX, 784 S. , 24 cm

ISBN: 9781612346939

Content: "For most of three decades, Drew Pearson was the most well-known journalist in the United States. In his daily newspaper column--the most widely syndicated in the nation--and on radio and television broadcasts, he chronicled the political and public policy news of the nation. At the same time, he worked his way into the inner circles of policy makers in the White House and Congress, lobbying for issues he believed would promote better government and world peace. Pearson, however, still found time to record his thoughts and observations in his personal diary. Published here for the first time, Washington Merry-Go-Round presents Pearson's private impressions of life inside the Beltway from 1960 to 1969, revealing how he held the confidence of presidents--especially Lyndon B. Johnson--congressional leaders, media moguls, political insiders, and dozens of otherwise unknown sources of information. His direct interactions with the DC glitterati, including Bobby Kennedy and Douglas MacArthur, are featured throughout his diary, drawing the reader into the compelling political intrigues of 1960s Washington and providing the mysterious backstory on the famous and the notorious of the era. "--

Content: "For most of three decades, Drew Pearson was the most well-known journalist in the United States. In his daily newspaper column--the most widely syndicated in the nation--and on radio and television broadcasts, he chronicled the political and public policy news of the nation. At the same time, he worked his way into the inner circles of policy makers in the White House and Congress, lobbying for issues he believed would promote better government and world peace. Pearson, however, still found time to record his thoughts and observations in his personal diary. Published here for the first time, Washington Merry-Go-Round presents Pearson's private impressions of life inside the Beltway from 1960 to 1969, revealing how he held the confidence of presidents--especially Lyndon B. Johnson--congressional leaders, media moguls, political insiders, and dozens of otherwise unknown sources of information. His direct interactions with the DC glitterati, including Bobby Kennedy and Douglas MacArthur, are featured throughout his diary, drawing the reader into the compelling political intrigues of 1960s Washington and providing the mysterious backstory on the famous and the notorious of the era. "--

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781612347134

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781612347424

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781612347431

Language: English

Keywords: Pearson, Drew 1897-1969 ; Tagebuch

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Format: x, 814 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten , Illustrationen , 25 cm

Edition: First edition

ISBN: 9780062684165 , 0062684167

Content: For many Americans, President Gerald Ford was the genial accident of history who controversially pardoned his Watergate-tarnished predecessor, presided over the fall of Saigon, and became a punching bag on Saturday Night Live. Yet as Richard Norton Smith reveals in a book full of surprises, Ford was an underrated leader whose tough decisions and personal decency look better with the passage of time. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and thousands of documents, Smith recreates Ford's hardscrabble childhood in Michigan, his early anti-establishment politics and lifelong love affair with the former Betty Bloomer, whose impact on American culture he predicted would outrank his own. As president, Ford guided the nation through its worst Constitutional crisis since the Civil War and broke the back of the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression--accomplishing both with little fanfare or credit (at least until 2001 when the JFK Library gave him its prestigious Profile in Courage Award in belated recognition of the Nixon pardon). Less coda than curtain raiser, Ford's administration bridged the Republican pragmatism of Eisenhower and Nixon and the more doctrinaire conservatism of Ronald Reagan. His introduction of economic deregulation would transform the American economy, while his embrace of the Helsinki Accords hastened the collapse of the Soviet Union. Illustrated with sixteen pages of black-and-white photos, this definitive biography, a decade in the making, will change history's views of a man whose warning about presidential arrogance ("God help the country") is more relevant than ever

Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 777-783) and index , Introduction: A capacity for surprise -- Prologue: Seven days in June -- Part I: Junior, 1912-1950. Secrets -- Luck and pluck -- Yale -- The view from the bridge -- Betty -- Time for a change -- Part II: Everybody's friend, 1950-1972. A modern Republican -- The middle of the road -- The congressman's congressman -- The Warren Commission -- Holding the line -- The good soldier -- Part III: The replacement, June 1972-October 1974. Ahead of the curve -- "The worst job I ever had" -- "My God, this is going to change our whole life" -- Change and continuity -- The pardon -- Clearing the decks -- Part IV: Riding the tiger, October 1974-December 1976. "Run over by history" -- A president in the making -- The cruelest month -- Starting over -- The dangerous summer -- "The cat has nine lives" -- The road to Kansas City -- I'm feeling good about America -- Part V: When is this retirement going to start? 1976-2006. Do what you can -- Lights in a tree -- Epilogue: "God help the country".

Language: English

Keywords: Ford, Gerald R. 1913-2006 ; Biography ; Biografie

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Format: 488 S. , Ill.

ISBN: 067146034X

Note: Bibliogr. S. 466-469

Language: English

Subjects: History

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Format: x, 814 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln : , Illustrationen ; , 25 cm.

Edition: First Harper paperback edition

ISBN: 978-0-06-268417-2

Content: For many Americans, President Gerald Ford was the genial accident of history who controversially pardoned his Watergate-tarnished predecessor, presided over the fall of Saigon, and became a punching bag on Saturday Night Live. Yet as Richard Norton Smith reveals in a book full of surprises, Ford was an underrated leader whose tough decisions and personal decency look better with the passage of time. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and thousands of documents, Smith recreates Ford's hardscrabble childhood in Michigan, his early anti-establishment politics and lifelong love affair with the former Betty Bloomer, whose impact on American culture he predicted would outrank his own. As president, Ford guided the nation through its worst Constitutional crisis since the Civil War and broke the back of the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression;accomplishing both with little fanfare or credit (at least until 2001 when the JFK Library gave him its prestigious Profile in Courage Award in belated recognition of the Nixon pardon). Less coda than curtain raiser, Ford's administration bridged the Republican pragmatism of Eisenhower and Nixon and the more doctrinaire conservatism of Ronald Reagan. His introduction of economic deregulation would transform the American economy, while his embrace of the Helsinki Accords hastened the collapse of the Soviet Union. Illustrated with sixteen pages of black-and-white photos, this definitive biography, a decade in the making, will change history's views of a man whose warning about presidential arrogance ("God help the country") is more relevant than ever

Note: Introduction: A capacity for surprise -- , Prologue: Seven days in June -- , Part I: Junior, 1912-1950 , Secrets , Luck and pluck , Yale , The view from the bridge , Betty , Time for a change -- , Part II: Everybody's friend, 1950-1972 , A modern Republican , The middle of the road , The congressman's congressman , The Warren Commission , Holding the line , The good soldier -- , Part III: The replacement, June 1972-October 1974 , Ahead of the curve , "The worst job I ever had" , "My God, this is going to change our whole life" , Change and continuity , The pardon , Clearing the decks -- , Part IV: Riding the tiger, October 1974-December 1976 , "Run over by history" , A president in the making , The cruelest month , Starting over , The dangerous summer , "The cat has nine lives" , The road to Kansas City , I'm feeling good about America -- , Part V: When is this retirement going to start? 1976-2006 , Do what you can , Lights in a tree -- , Epilogue: "God help the country"

Language: English

Keywords: Biografie