The last great Senate
Subtitle: courage and statesmanship in times of crisis
By: Ira Shapiro
Edition: Updated edition.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 475
ISBN-13: 9781538109786
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: United States; United States. Congress. Senate; History
Description: A vivid portrait of the statesmen who helped steer America during the crisis years of the late 1970s, transcending partisanship and overcoming procedural roadblocks that have all but strangled the Senate since their departure.
Notes: "Hardcover first published in 2012 in the United States by Public Affairs."--Title-page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-443, 445-451) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1977: The grind; title: The natural; title: Great expectations, different agendas; title: Hawk and dove; title: The appearance of impropriety; title: The liberal filibuster. 1978: A year of living dangerously; title: The Panama Canal fight; title: Venturing into the Middle East; title: An epic business-labor clash; title: Saving New York; title: Closing days. 1979: Before the storm; title: Energy battles after the Iranian Revolution; title: Fighting the economic tide; title: SALT II: death by a thousand cuts. 1980: A tough political climate; title: America's last frontier; title: Fighting to survive; title: The lame-duck session.