Author: Don Oberdorfer
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588345149
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
A spellbinding biography of one of the most powerful and dignified men ever to come to DC—Senator Mike Mansfield. Mike Mansfield's career as the longest serving majority leader is finally given its due in this extraordinary biography. In many respects, Mansfield's dignity and decorum represent the high-water mark of the US Senate: he was respected as a leader who helped build consensus on tough issues and was renowned for his ability to work across the aisle and build strong coalitions. Amazingly, he would have breakfast every morning with a member of the opposing party. Mansfield was instrumental in pushing through some of the most influential legislation of the twentieth century. He was at the helm when the Senate passed landmark legislation such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the creation of Medicare, and the nuclear test ban treaty. Mansfield played a crucial role in shaping America's foreign policy, corresponding with JFK about his opposition to the growing presence of the US in Southeast Asia. As ambassador to Japan, his conversations with Cambodia and China paved the way for Nixon's historic trip to China in 1972.
Senator Mansfield
Author: Don Oberdorfer
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588345149
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
A spellbinding biography of one of the most powerful and dignified men ever to come to DC—Senator Mike Mansfield. Mike Mansfield's career as the longest serving majority leader is finally given its due in this extraordinary biography. In many respects, Mansfield's dignity and decorum represent the high-water mark of the US Senate: he was respected as a leader who helped build consensus on tough issues and was renowned for his ability to work across the aisle and build strong coalitions. Amazingly, he would have breakfast every morning with a member of the opposing party. Mansfield was instrumental in pushing through some of the most influential legislation of the twentieth century. He was at the helm when the Senate passed landmark legislation such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the creation of Medicare, and the nuclear test ban treaty. Mansfield played a crucial role in shaping America's foreign policy, corresponding with JFK about his opposition to the growing presence of the US in Southeast Asia. As ambassador to Japan, his conversations with Cambodia and China paved the way for Nixon's historic trip to China in 1972.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588345149
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
A spellbinding biography of one of the most powerful and dignified men ever to come to DC—Senator Mike Mansfield. Mike Mansfield's career as the longest serving majority leader is finally given its due in this extraordinary biography. In many respects, Mansfield's dignity and decorum represent the high-water mark of the US Senate: he was respected as a leader who helped build consensus on tough issues and was renowned for his ability to work across the aisle and build strong coalitions. Amazingly, he would have breakfast every morning with a member of the opposing party. Mansfield was instrumental in pushing through some of the most influential legislation of the twentieth century. He was at the helm when the Senate passed landmark legislation such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the creation of Medicare, and the nuclear test ban treaty. Mansfield played a crucial role in shaping America's foreign policy, corresponding with JFK about his opposition to the growing presence of the US in Southeast Asia. As ambassador to Japan, his conversations with Cambodia and China paved the way for Nixon's historic trip to China in 1972.
Mike Mansfield, Majority Leader
Author: Francis R. Valeo
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317464745
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
The story of Mike Mansfield's influential fifteen-year reign as Senate Majority Leader is colored with some of the most important events of this century: the election of John F. Kennedy, the Kennedy and King assassinations, student and political unrest of the late Sixties, Vietnam, Watergate, the Nixon resignation, and numerous important pieces of legislation from the era, among them the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Valeo, Secretary of the Senate under Mansfield, writes about the Senate and Mansfield's role in national affairs from 1961-76. He argues that Mansfield was instrumental in shaping a more egalitarian kind of Senate than that of the 1950s, when Lyndon B. Johnson was Majority Leader.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317464745
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
The story of Mike Mansfield's influential fifteen-year reign as Senate Majority Leader is colored with some of the most important events of this century: the election of John F. Kennedy, the Kennedy and King assassinations, student and political unrest of the late Sixties, Vietnam, Watergate, the Nixon resignation, and numerous important pieces of legislation from the era, among them the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Valeo, Secretary of the Senate under Mansfield, writes about the Senate and Mansfield's role in national affairs from 1961-76. He argues that Mansfield was instrumental in shaping a more egalitarian kind of Senate than that of the 1950s, when Lyndon B. Johnson was Majority Leader.
Mike Mansfield, Majority Leader
Author: Francis Ralph Valeo
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
ISBN: 9780765604507
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
This book is about Mike Mansfield and the U.S. Senate during the period that he served as majority leader. For eight consecutive two-year terms, Mansfield's leadership went uncontested. Extending from 1961 through 1976, it began when John F. Kennedy succeeded Dwight D. Eisenhower, continued through the Johnson and Nixon administrations, and ended only with Mansfield's retirement during the presidency of Gerald Ford.
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
ISBN: 9780765604507
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
This book is about Mike Mansfield and the U.S. Senate during the period that he served as majority leader. For eight consecutive two-year terms, Mansfield's leadership went uncontested. Extending from 1961 through 1976, it began when John F. Kennedy succeeded Dwight D. Eisenhower, continued through the Johnson and Nixon administrations, and ended only with Mansfield's retirement during the presidency of Gerald Ford.
Mike Mansfield Papers
Author: Mike Mansfield
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Mike Mansfield was U.S. Senator from Montana from 1953 to 1977. This collection (1952-1976) consists of a eulogy (1963)--signed by Mansfield--which he wrote for President John F. Kennedy's memorial ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda; Christmas postcards (1960-1963) Mansfield send to his constituents; a program (1976) from an evening with Mike and Maureen Mansfield at the University of Montana with "An Appreciation of Mike Mansfield" by K. Ross Toole; and campaign materials (1952-1970), including two 1958 "Meet Your Democratic Candidates" brochures, several 1970 flyers put out by C.A.M. (Citizens Against Mansfield), and a 1952 program from the Northwest Montana Jefferson-Jackson Day Banquet in Kalispell when Mansfield first ran for the Senate. (SC 2227)
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Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Mike Mansfield was U.S. Senator from Montana from 1953 to 1977. This collection (1952-1976) consists of a eulogy (1963)--signed by Mansfield--which he wrote for President John F. Kennedy's memorial ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda; Christmas postcards (1960-1963) Mansfield send to his constituents; a program (1976) from an evening with Mike and Maureen Mansfield at the University of Montana with "An Appreciation of Mike Mansfield" by K. Ross Toole; and campaign materials (1952-1970), including two 1958 "Meet Your Democratic Candidates" brochures, several 1970 flyers put out by C.A.M. (Citizens Against Mansfield), and a 1952 program from the Northwest Montana Jefferson-Jackson Day Banquet in Kalispell when Mansfield first ran for the Senate. (SC 2227)
Mike Mansfield, Democratic Senator from Montana
Author: Judy Turner
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Senator Mike Mansfield Dies
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
As part of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, we at the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs mourn his passing, yet are honored to carry on his lifelong efforts." "Mike Mansfield was a great figure in American politics and diplomacy in the 20th century, all the greater for the fact that he rejected all pretensions and claims to greatness," commented Don Oberdorfer, a former Washington Post. [...] "He was the longest serving Majority Leader of the Senate in American history (1961-77) and one of the most respected, and the longest serving U. [...] The Mansfield American-Pacific Lectures and the Mansfield Pacific Retreat (co- sponsored with the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center at the University of Montana) also honor Senator Mansfield's legacy. [...] Serving in that capacity until January 1961, he was elected Majority Leader of the Senate, a position he held until his retirement from the Senate in January 1977, longer than any other Majority Leader in the history of the United States Senate. [...] He visited the People's Republic of China, upon invitation from Premier Zhou Enlai in 1972, followed by visits in 1974, 1976, 1977, and 1978, at the invitation of the government of the People's Republic of China.
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
As part of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, we at the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs mourn his passing, yet are honored to carry on his lifelong efforts." "Mike Mansfield was a great figure in American politics and diplomacy in the 20th century, all the greater for the fact that he rejected all pretensions and claims to greatness," commented Don Oberdorfer, a former Washington Post. [...] "He was the longest serving Majority Leader of the Senate in American history (1961-77) and one of the most respected, and the longest serving U. [...] The Mansfield American-Pacific Lectures and the Mansfield Pacific Retreat (co- sponsored with the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center at the University of Montana) also honor Senator Mansfield's legacy. [...] Serving in that capacity until January 1961, he was elected Majority Leader of the Senate, a position he held until his retirement from the Senate in January 1977, longer than any other Majority Leader in the history of the United States Senate. [...] He visited the People's Republic of China, upon invitation from Premier Zhou Enlai in 1972, followed by visits in 1974, 1976, 1977, and 1978, at the invitation of the government of the People's Republic of China.
Latin America and United States Policies
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
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Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Hon. Politician, Mike Mansfield of Montana
Author: Louis Baldwin
Publisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The Foreign Operations Administration
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher:
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Category : Economic assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
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Category : Economic assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Congressional Lions
Author: J. Michael Martinez
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 149855945X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
In some periods of American history, members of the legislative branch have been as influential, and sometimes more influential, than a particular president in crafting public policy and reacting to world events. Congressional Lions examines twelve influential members of Congress throughout American history to understand their role in shaping the life of the nation. The book does not focus exclusively on the biographical details of these lawmakers, although biography invariably plays a role in recalling their triumphs and tragedies. Instead, the book highlights members’ legislative accomplishments as well as the circumstances surrounding their congressional service.
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 149855945X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
In some periods of American history, members of the legislative branch have been as influential, and sometimes more influential, than a particular president in crafting public policy and reacting to world events. Congressional Lions examines twelve influential members of Congress throughout American history to understand their role in shaping the life of the nation. The book does not focus exclusively on the biographical details of these lawmakers, although biography invariably plays a role in recalling their triumphs and tragedies. Instead, the book highlights members’ legislative accomplishments as well as the circumstances surrounding their congressional service.