Bibliograph

Hubert Humphrey, the conscience of the country, Arnold A. Offner

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Hubert Humphrey, the conscience of the country, Arnold A. Offner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-466) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hubert Humphrey

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1024158677

Responsibility statement

Arnold A. Offner

Sub title

the conscience of the country

Summary

Hubert Humphrey was one of the great liberal leaders of postwar American politics, yet because he never made it to the Oval Office he has been largely overlooked by biographers. His career encompassed three well-known high points: the civil rights speech at the 1948 Democratic Convention that risked his political future; his shepherding of the 1964 Civil Rights Act through the Senate; and his near-victory in the 1968 presidential election, one of the angriest and most divisive in the country's history

Table Of Contents

A new star is born -- The people's mayor -- The next senator from Minnesota -- Lonely, bitter, and broke in the Senate -- Confrontation and cooperation -- Prominence and courtship -- The price of leadership -- Liberal without apology -- Candidate in orbit, 1958-1960 -- The insider as outsider -- Tragedy and triumph -- The best man in America -- LBJ versus HHH: the great society and Vietnam -- Humphrey's Vietnam wars -- Northwest's passage -- Last man in -- The siege of Chicago -- Battling the torrents--and Johnson -- Resurrection and defeat -- A time for everything -- The conscience of the country

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