Modern Republican : Arthur Larson and the Eisenhower years / David L. Stebenne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stebenne, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lawyers--United States--Biography.

Lawyers.

Political consultants--United States--Biography.

Political consultants.

United States. Department of Labor--Officials and employees--Biography.

United States.

United States Information Agency--Officials and employees--Biography.

United States Information Agency.

Larson, Arthur.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""This book is an original, important, and interesting contribution to the literature on President Eisenhower and on American history in the years before and after World War II. It will make a difference in the way historians and political scientists think about a critical period of national history. Too few books have that sort of impact...."" -- Michael A. McGerr, author of A Fierce Discontent: The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in America, 1870--1920Arthur Larson was the chief arch

Contents:

Native son of the upper Midwest

Oxford's imprint

A few false starts

Legal scholar

To the Eisenhower administration

Of theory and practice

A Republican looks at his party

Caught in the crosscurrents

The president's "ghost"

Dueling with the new right

Victories and defeats.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-352) and index.

ISBN:

0-253-11232-X

OCLC:

476101539