Cars, energy, nuclear diplomacy, and the law : a reflective memoir of three generations / / John Thomas Smith II
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| Autore: |
Smith John Thomas <1943->
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| Titolo: |
Cars, energy, nuclear diplomacy, and the law : a reflective memoir of three generations / / John Thomas Smith II
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 340.092273 |
| Soggetto topico: | Businessmen - United States |
| Lawyers - United States | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 01. William George Maguire; Chapter 02. John Thomas Smith; Chapter 03. More about J.T.; Chapter 04. My Father, Gerard C. Smith; Chapter 05. Life in Washington in the Early 50s; Chapter 06. State Department-Round One; Chapter 07. The 60s; Chapter 08. J.T.S. II, Yale Years; Chapter 09. Romance, Marriage, and Military Service; Chapter 10. G.C.S. and Strategic Arms Limitations; Chapter 11. J.T.S. II, Initial Public Service; Chapter 12. J.T.S. II, Six Months of Justice; Chapter 13. G.C.S. in the 1970s; Chapter 14. J.T.S. II, 1973-1978 |
| Chapter 15. The 1980s-A Fraught DecadeChapter 16. Two Divorces and Three Weddings; Chapter 17. My Father's Final Years; Chapter 18. Private Practice; Chapter 19. Final Days and Reflections; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This multigenerational memoir sketches the lives of three generations of the author's family that were involved with some of the most profound issues of the twentieth century. With a paternal grandfather present at the creation of General Motors Corporation, a maternal grandfather who was a natural gas pipeline pioneer, and a father who worked to constrain the nuclear arms race between the United States and Russia and to curtail proliferation of nuclear weapons. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Cars, energy, nuclear diplomacy, and the law |
| ISBN: | 1-283-59606-7 |
| 9786613908513 | |
| 1-4422-2012-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910817864803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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