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The last great Senate
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The last great Senate [electronic resource] / Ira Shapiro.
ISBN
9781586489366 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781586489373 (e-book)
Edition
1st ed.
Published
New York : PublicAffairs, c2012.
Physical Description
xxi, 475 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., port.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
"Courage and statesmanship in times of crisis"--Cover.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 04, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-443, 445-451) and index.
Contents
The grind
The natural
Great expectations, different agendas
Hawk and Dove
The appearance of impropriety
The liberal filibuster
A year of living dangerously
The Panama Canal battle
Venturing into the Middle East
Business vs. labor
Saving New York
Closing days
Before the storm
After the Iranian Revolution
Fighting the economic tide
SALT II: death by a thousand cuts
A tough political climate
Battling over America's last frontier
Fighting to survive
The lame duck session.
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