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A compassionate conservative : a political biography of Joseph W. Martin, Jr., speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives / James J. Kenneally.
Van Pelt Library E748.M375 K46 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kenneally, James J. (James Joseph), 1929-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Martin, Joseph W. (Joseph William), 1884-1968.
- Martin, Joseph W.
- United States. Congress. House--Speakers--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Congress. House.
- Legislators--United States--Biography.
- Legislators.
- Conservatism--United States--History--20th century.
- Conservatism.
- History.
- United States--Politics and government--20th century.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 335 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2003]
- Contents:
- 1 "Drifting Farther and Farther into Politics": 1884-1938 1
- The Martin Family 1
- In the Massachusetts Legislature 6
- The First Congressional Campaign 8
- Elected to Congress 9
- Assistant Floor Leader 17
- The Election of 1936 21
- Following the Middle Road 26
- Election as Minority Leader 32
- 2 "At the Eye of the Hurricane": 1939-1942 47
- Challenging the New Deal 47
- Nonpartisan Foreign Affairs 51
- Presidential Politics 1940 55
- Foreign Policy Further Divides the GOP 71
- Wartime Congressional Issues 80
- The 1942 Elections 82
- 3 "Often ... Like Cobra and Mongoose": 1943-1946 101
- Election of Martin's RNC Successor 101
- The Seventy-eighth Congress 102
- Politics and the 1944 Election 109
- The Seventy-ninth Congress 112
- Republicans Emerge Victorious in 1946 120
- 4 "The Speaker ... Grand Strategist and Guiding Spirit": 1947-1948 133
- Organizing the House 133
- The Speaker and the President 137
- Foreign Policy Issues 145
- Return of the Democrats: The 1948 Election 150
- 5 "The Communist Menace ... More Alarming than ... the Hitler Menace": 1949-1952 171
- The Eighty-first Congress 171
- War in Korea 176
- The Election of 1950 and Domestic Issues in the Eight-second Congress 179
- The Korean Crisis 185
- The Election of 1952 188
- 6 "[Republicans] Shedding the Psychology of Opposition": 1953-1956 199
- Enacting the Eisenhower Program: The First Session 199
- Enacting the Eisenhower Program: The Second Session 208
- In the Minority Again: The 1954 Elections 216
- The Eighty-fourth Congress: First Session 218
- Foreign Policy Issues 223
- The Eighty-fourth Congress: Second Session 225
- The Election of 1956 230
- 7 "Minority Leader Meanest Job in the World": 1956-1958 245
- The Battle of the Budget 245
- The Civil Rights Struggle 248
- Foreign Policy and Adjournment 252
- Second Session of the Eighty-fifth Congress 254
- Martin's Problems 259
- 8 "The Sting of Ingratitude": 1958-1968 267
- Replacing a Legend 1958-1959 267
- Back-Bench Congressman 281
- With Democratic Presidents Once Again 284
- The Last Campaign 294.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-324) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0739106767
- OCLC:
- 51977959
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