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Mansfield and Dirksen : bipartisan giants in the senate / Marc C. Johnson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Marc C., 1953- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mansfield, Mike, 1903-2001.
- Mansfield, Mike.
- Dirksen, Everett McKinley.
- United States. Congress. Senate--History--20th century .
- United States.
- United States. Congress. Senate--Majority leaders--History--20th century.
- United States. Congress. Senate--Minority leaders--History--20th century.
- Legislators--Montana--History--20th century.
- Legislators.
- Legislators--Montana--Illinois--20th century.
- Civil rights--United States--History--20th century.
- Civil rights.
- Suffrage--United States--History--20th century.
- Suffrage.
- Environmental policy--United States--History--20th century.
- Environmental policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2023]
- Contents:
- Introduction: a different senate
- The Mansfield-Dirksen way
- Butte and Pekin-political roots
- Apprentice to leadership
- Elements of leadership: eloquence, cornpone, substance, and humor
- Highest aspirations-Moving to Senate Leadership
- Elements of leadership: care and Feeding of the Press
- One brief shining moment
- Camelot's end.
- An idea whose time has come
- A great society and a bitch of a war
- End of an era
- Epilogue: The senate, Mansfield, and Dirksen.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780806193427 (electronic bk.)
- 0806193425 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40031792783
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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