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UNINA9910778925403321 |
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Autore |
Shaw John <1957-> |
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Richard G. Lugar, statesman of the senate [[electronic resource] ] : crafting foreign policy from Capitol Hill / / John T. Shaw |
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Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-12584-5 |
9786613529701 |
0-253-00711-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (278 p.) |
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United States Politics and government 1977-1981 |
United States Foreign relations 1977-1981 |
United States Politics and government 1981-1989 |
United States Foreign relations 1981-1989 |
United States Politics and government 1989- |
United States Foreign relations 1989- |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Snapshots of a statesman -- The senator from Indiana -- The tools of the trade -- A world awash in weapons -- Ending the American addiction to foreign oil -- The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan -- Fixing foreign aid -- Combatting the global food crisis -- Transforming America's relationship with India -- Sisyphus on the high seas -- Arms control in the twenty-first century -- Tending to the homefront -- The statesman of the senate. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Two-time chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Richard G. Lugar has been one of the most widely respected foreign policy experts in Congress for over three decades. In this illuminating profile, John T. Shaw examines Lugar's approach to lawmaking and diplomacy for what it reveals about the workings of the Senate and changes in that institution. Drawing on interviews with Lugar and other leading figures in foreign policy, Shaw chronicles Lugar's historic work on |
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