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Herbert H. Lehman : a political biography / Duane Tananbaum.
Van Pelt Library F124.L53 T363 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tananbaum, Duane, 1949- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lehman, Herbert H. (Herbert Henry), 1878-1963.
- Lehman, Herbert H.
- United States. Congress. Senate--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Congress. Senate.
- Governors--New York (State)--Biography.
- Governors.
- Liberalism.
- New York (State).
- New York (State)--Politics and government--1865-1950.
- Politics and government.
- New York (State)--Politics and government--1951-.
- Legislators--United States--Biography.
- Legislators.
- Liberalism--United States.
- United States--Politics and government--20th century.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 959 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 "A Dearly Beloved Friend": Herbert Lehman and Lillian Wald 1
- Chapter 2 "On a Chinese Laundry Ticket": Herbert Lehman and Al Smith 13
- Chapter 3 "That Splendid Right Hand of Mine": Lieutenant Governor Herbert Lehman and Governor Franklin Roosevelt 37
- Chapter 4 "The New Deal in Washington Is Being Duplicated by the 'Little' New Deal at Albany": Governor Lehman and President Roosevelt, 1933-1936 61
- Chapter 5 "The End of a Beautiful Friendship"? Lehman and Roosevelt, 1937-1939 93
- Chapter 6 "Fighting for Freedom, for Security, and for the Dignity of Man": Lehman and Roosevelt, 1933-1942 125
- Chapter 7 "Governor Lehman ... Doesn't Know the "Way Things Are Done in Washington": Lehman, Roosevelt, and OFRRO, 1942-1943 157
- Chapter 8 "Freedom from Want": Lehman, Roosevelt, and UNRRA, 1943-1945 187
- Chapter 9 "UNRRA's Problem Is That It Is Trying co Cover a 6-Foot Man with a 2-Foot Blanket": Herbert Lehman, Harry Truman, and UNRRA, 1945 221
- Chapter 10 "The Work of UNRRA ... Will Ever Be Close to My Heart": Lehman and Truman, 1946 249
- Chapter 11 "Fighting for the Cause of Progressive and Liberal Government": Lehman and Truman, 1946-1948 269
- Chapter 12 "If You Could See the Kind of People in New York City Making Up This Bloc That Is Voting for My Opponent": Lehman and the Election of 1949 297
- Chapter 13 "I Will Not Compromise with My Conscience": Lehman and McCarthyism, 1950-1952 321
- Chapter 14 "A Poison Has Begun Spreading Throughout Our Land": Lehman and McCarthyism, 1953-1954 359
- Chapter 15 "The First Duty of Liberals Is Not to Exercise Power, but to Uphold Principle": Herbert Lehman and Lyndon Johnson, 1950-1954 383
- Chapter 16 "An Inveterate Crusader": Lehman and Johnson, 1955-1956 421
- Chapter 17 "A Symbol of Courage and Conscience in Public Affairs": Herbert Lehman and the Election of 1956 459
- Chapter 18 "A Little Less Profile and a Little More Courage": Herbert Lehman and John Kennedy, 1950-1959 485
- Chapter 19 "You Weren't Double-Crossed, J Was": Herbert Lehman, John Kennedy, and the Bosses, 1958-1960 531
- Chapter 20 "To Free This City ... from the Shackles of the Boss System": Herbert Lehman and the Bosses, 1961-1963 573
- Chapter 21 "To Inspire Men and Women of All Generations": Herbert Lehman and President Kennedy, 1961-1963 603
- Chapter 22 "We Mourn That He Is Gone but Glad That He Had Lived": Herbert Lehman and President Johnson, 1963-1964 633.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Tananbaum, Duane, 1949- Herbert H. Lehman.
- ISBN:
- 9781438463179
- 1438463170
- OCLC:
- 940795833
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