num_pages: 272
description: A take-off of Kennedy's Profiles in Courage, which argues that the best-known US senators don't deserve their renown as much as some lesser-known ones. Over the course of ten biographical chapters, this book tells the story of 16 men's lives in the Senate in relation to each other.
language: English
title: Profiles in Character: Hubris and Heroism in the U.S. Senate, 1789-1990
titlecomplete: Profiles in Character: Hubris and Heroism in the U.S. Senate, 1789-1990
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Routledge