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Making government work / Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings, with Kirk Victor.
Van Pelt Library E840.8.H655 A3 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hollings, Ernest F., 1922-2019.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hollings, Ernest F., 1922-2019.
- Hollings, Ernest F.
- United States. Congress. Senate--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Congress. Senate.
- Legislators--United States--Biography.
- Legislators.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Politics and government--1989-.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- The accidental politician
- Taking charge as governor
- Getting to know the Kennedys
- Getting started in the senate
- Clement Haynsworth's nomination to the Supreme Court
- The early fight to protect the environment
- The Supreme Court corrupts congress
- Imperial Nixon, cautious Ford
- The Carter years: a time of big battles
- The assault on government
- Attacking the excesses of Reaganomics
- Missed opportunities
- The early 1990s: from budget battles to trade wars
- Protecting the public interest
- The George W. Bush years: reckless politics divide the country
- Making government work.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [333]-344) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781570037603
- 1570037604
- OCLC:
- 202546502
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