The man in the arena : the life and times of U.S. Senator Gale McGee /

The man in the arena : the life and times of U.S. Senator Gale McGee /

Going beyond biography, McDaniel offers readers a glimpse into twentieth-century political shifts through the perspective of a liberal senator from a rural conservative state.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McDaniel, Rodger E. (Rodger Eugene), 1948- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
Series:ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series.
Subjects:
McGee, Gale W. > (Gale William), > 1915-1992.
United States. > Congress. > Senate > Biography.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • From the "Sons of the mist" to the plains of Wyoming
  • Professor McGee
  • The making of a senator
  • Behind the Iron Curtain
  • Sputnik
  • McGee for me
  • Senator Gale W. McGee
  • Give me four more votes
  • The Kennedy years
  • The Johnson years, 1963-1964
  • The Johnson years, 1965-1967
  • The Johnson years, 1968
  • The Nixon years
  • The Ford years
  • Time for a change
  • Ambassador Gale W. McGee.