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Senator Mansfield : the extraordinary life of a great American statesman and diplomat /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Oberdorfer, Don
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington [D.C.] : Smithsonian Books, [2003]
Subjects:
Mansfield, Mike, > 1903-2001.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
United States. > Congress. > Senate > Biography.
Statesmen > United States > Biography.
Diplomats > United States > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
United States > Foreign relations > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Goodbye to private Mike
  • The early years
  • To the mines and the love of his life
  • Into the political world
  • Mission to China
  • The Truman years
  • Introduction to Indochina
  • Into the leadership for Kennedy
  • Johnson I: years of escalation
  • Johnson II: years of frustration
  • With Nixon on the road to China
  • Vietnam, China, Watergate, and beyond
  • Ambassador to Japan
  • The final years