1 option
The last gentleman : Thomas Hughes and the end of the American century / Bruce L. R. Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Bruce L. R., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hughes, Thomas L., 1925-2023.
- Hughes, Thomas L.
- Statesmen--United States--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
- United States.
- United States--History--1945-.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2021]
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Information
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Beginner Boy
- Teacher's Pet
- Student Federalist
- With Bowles and Humphrey
- Bowles in Congress
- The 1960 Presidential Election
- The New Frontier
- Intelligence and Covert Operations
- The Cuban Missile Crisis
- Diplomacy
- The Overthrow of Diem
- The Gulf of Tonkin Crisis
- The 1964 Vice Presidency
- The Humphrey-Hughes Memo
- Point of No Return
- Speaking Out
- The Most Turbulent Year
- London
- Carnegie: The House That Hughes Built
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 19, 2021).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9780815738916
- 0815738919
- Publisher Number:
- 99991037346
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.