Richard Brevard Russell, Jr : a life of consequence / Sally Russell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russell, Sally, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971.

Russell, Richard B.

United States. Congress. Senate--Biography.

United States.

Legislators--United States--Biography.

Legislators.

Governors--Georgia--Biography.

Governors.

United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.

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

Georgia--Politics and government--1865-1950.

Georgia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Macon, GA : Mercer University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1897, the year Richard Brevard Russell, Jr., was born, the world was poised for a dramatic swing into a century that would see more changes in religion, politics, society, science, technology, and war than almost all other centuries of human history combined. It was a wild ride for a boy born to fulfill great expectations in the mercurial modern political arena yet reared to venerate the worn and vanishing splendor of the American South. He would become one of the half dozen most powerful men in Washington for a period of almost twenty years, and it would be frequently admitted, most notably by President Harry Truman, that if Russell had not been from Georgia, if he had been from a state such as Indiana, Illinois or Missouri, the Presidency could not have been denied him. His love of the South and his native state was such that when Truman¿s remark was quoted to him, Russell replied: ¿I¿d rather be from Georgia than be President.¿ This book acquaints the reader with a fascinating and complex man of contrasts. An ardent segregationist who fought civil rights legislation, Richard B. Russell was also the devoted father of the School Lunch Program. A Georgia farm boy, Russell almost idolized the agricultural society from which America sprang but embraced the nuclear age and space technology. An intense family man, he appreciated women, fell in love easily, and conducted numerous affairs. Yet Russell never married. Deeply private, he lived his entire adult life in the public eye. Richard Russell was good company. His personal story makes good reading.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

PART I 1897-1920

As the Twig Is Bent

Long Pants at Last

War Is Not a Game

PART II 1921 - 1932

Boy Wonder of Georgia Politics

PART III 1933 - 1971

With Six Presidents in the Greatest Deliberative Body in the World

1941 - 1945: Making War and Planning the Peace Offensive

Afterword

Bibliographical Essay

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]) and index.

ISBN:

0-88146-351-5

OCLC:

787846155