Heroes, hacks, and fools : memoirs from the political inside / Ted Van Dyk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Dyk, Ted, 1934-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Van Dyk, Ted, 1934-.

Van Dyk, Ted.

Democratic Party (U.S.).

Political consultants--United States--Biography.

Political consultants.

United States.

Political activists--United States--Biography.

Political activists.

Democratic Party (U.S.)--Biography.

United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.

Politics and government.

United States--Politics and government--1989-.

Political culture--United States--History--20th century.

Political culture.

History.

Presidents--United States--Election--History--20th century.

Presidents.

Political campaigns--United States--History--20th century.

Political campaigns.

Journalists--United States--Biography.

Journalists.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Heroes, hacks, & fools

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2007]

Contents:

1 Depression Kids 3

2 Caught Up in the Cold War 11

3 A New Generation Takes Over 16

4 Helping HHH 26

5 The Great Society 35

6 Vietnam and Little Else 43

7 1968 58

8 A Near Miss 84

9 In Transition 105

10 Crusade and Catastrophe 122

11 Strange Presidents, Nixon and Carter 149

12 The Counterrevolution Proceeds 181

13 Storm Cleanup and a New Storm 204

14 A New Jacksonian Era, Part One 227

15 A New Jacksonian Era, Part Two 237

16 Escape from the Capital 245

17 A New Century 259

18 Not the Same Country 267

19 Who Will Lead? 276

20 The Democratic Message 279.

Notes:

"A Samuel and Althea Stroum book"--Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780295987514

0295987510

OCLC:

137331369