Adlai Stevenson's Lasting Legacy (Paperback, 2008 ed.)

Adlai Stevenson's Lasting Legacy consists of a dozen interrelated chapters by statesmen, scientists, and compatriots who worked and served with Adlai E. Stevenson II of Illinois. He was its 31st Governor, twice the Democratic presidential nominee in 1952 and 56, a founder of the United Nations in 1945, and from 1961 to 65 (inclusive of the Cuba Missile Crisis), the U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN. Included is an essay by the Governor revealing why he had urged a ban on further hydrogen bomb testing during his presidential campaign of 1956. In 1963, with Stevenson's help at the UN, a treaty banning all above ground nuclear testing was finally signed, then a non-proliferation treaty in 1968, and a comprehensive treaty in 1996 (not yet ratified). He knew that in a nuclear age peace was "a condition of human survival;" if ignored, as others also were concerned, that nuclear matters could sooner or later get out of hand. And that in a position of preeminent strength, we needed to lead by example and assistance and with patience collaboratively pursue negotiation, not unilateral action and preemption. In the Epilogue, former Assistant Secretary of State Harlan Cleveland and Senator Adlai Stevenson III urge a return to the diplomacy and politics of the Stevenson years and those that followed, until recent years.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2009
First published:	2008
Authors:	A. Liebling
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	233
Edition:	2008 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-230-62107-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-230-62107-4
Barcode:	9780230621077

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