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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778120803321

Autore

Stebenne David

Titolo

Modern Republican [[electronic resource] ] : Arthur Larson and the Eisenhower years / / David L. Stebenne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, c2006

ISBN

0-253-11232-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Disciplina

973.921092

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Soggetti

Lawyers - United States

Political consultants - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

""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