John William McCormack : a political biography /: a political biography. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Garrison Nelson.
• Authors: Nelson, Garrison, 1942-
• Contents: Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction November 25, 1963: The Troubling Introduction Irish Emigration and the Cauldron of Yankee Boston The Reinvention of John McCormack Entering Political Life: Models, Mentors, and Harriet The Crash, the Depression and the New Deal FDR's Second Term: Congressional Resistance and Foreign Policy Anxieties The AustinBoston Connection Created to Preserve FDR's Agenda Preparedness, World War II and the Atomic Bomb Harry Truman: A Poker Pal in the White House The Unhealed Early Wounds: McCormack and Kennedy in the US House The Eisenhower Interlude and the McCormack-Kennedy Rivalry The Kennedy Nomination and Election and Speaker Rayburn's Last Year Speaker McCormack and President Kennedy The Kennedy Assassination: Next in Line to LBJ The Great Society Congress: The Liberal Apex and Its Demise The Unraveling Begins as the Democratic Edifice Cracks John McCormack's Last Congress It's Time Mr. Speaker as the AustinBoston Connection Survives for a While Index.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 328.73092; Politics & government; Legislators -- United States -- Biography; HISTORY / United States / 20th Century; HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Legislative Branch; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory; Legislators; Orators; Politics and government; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political; Political science & theory; History -- United States -- 20th Century; History -- United States -- State & Local -- General; Political Science -- Government -- Legislative Branch; Political Science -- History & Theory; History of the Americas; United States -- Politics and government -- 1961-1963; United States -- Politics and government -- 1963-1969; United States; Biography; Electronic books; Speakers -- Biography; Biography
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781628925173; 1628925175; 9781628925180; 1628925183
• Related ISBNs: 9781628925166
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 16, 2017).
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