Everett Dirksen and his presidents
Subtitle: how a Senate giant shaped American politics
By: Byron C. Hulsey.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Lawrence
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
Subjects: Dirksen, Everett McKinley.; United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography.; Legislators -- United States -- Biography.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Everett McKinley Dirksen was one of the most colorful American politicians of the twentieth century and was considered by some the most powerful man in Congress. Now Byron Hulsey takes a new look at the senator from Illinois to show how his interactions with the White House made him a pivotal figure in American politics during the Cold War era."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-329) and index.