The last great Senate
Subtitle: courage and statesmanship in times of crisis
By: Ira Shapiro
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781586489366; 9781586489373
Subjects: United States; United States. Congress. Senate; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The grind; title: The natural; title: Great expectations, different agendas; title: Hawk and Dove; title: The appearance of impropriety; title: The liberal filibuster; title: A year of living dangerously; title: The Panama Canal battle; title: Venturing into the Middle East; title: Business vs. labor; title: Saving New York; title: Closing days; title: Before the storm; title: After the Iranian Revolution; title: Fighting the economic tide; title: SALT II: death by a thousand cuts; title: A tough political climate; title: Battling over America's last frontier; title: Fighting to survive; title: The lame duck session.