Henry M. Jackson and world affairs
Subtitle: selected speeches, 1953-1983
By: edited by Dorothy Fosdick ; foreword by James H. Billington.
Contributors: Fosdick, Dorothy.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
Subjects: United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
Description: During Senator Henry M. Jackson's forty-two years in service in Congress, an extraordinary range of issues engaged his attention: U.S. Soviet relations, arms control, human rights, NATO, U.S. Israeli relations, Central America, China, and the foreign and security policy-making mechanisms of the U.S. government. This volume places in perspective Senator Jackson's major speeches on foreign policy and national security as a component of his efforts to help ensure the safety of the nation and the future of freedom during the post World War II decades. The speeches present Jackson's position as he himself defined it and illustrate his leading part in shaping American policy in the long and dangerous cold war period.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-316) and index.