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Hubert Humphrey - The Conscience of the Country (Hardcover)
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Hubert Humphrey - The Conscience of the Country (Hardcover)
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"A painstaking and . . . admiring portrait" (Edward Kosner, Wall
Street Journal) of Hubert Humphrey, one of the great liberal
politicians of the twentieth century "An outstanding account of the
life and accomplishments of a man who was my friend and my hero.
This book captures Hubert Humphrey's passion and unwavering
commitment to our nation's highest ideals."-President Jimmy Carter
Hubert Humphrey (1911-1978) 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. Historian
Arnold A. Offner has explored vast troves of archival records to
recapture Humphrey's life, giving us previously unknown details of
the vice president's fractious relationship with Lyndon Johnson,
showing how Johnson colluded with Richard Nixon to deny Humphrey
the presidency, and describing the most neglected aspect of
Humphrey's career: his major legislative achievements after
returning to the Senate in 1970. This definitive biography
rediscovers one of America's great political figures.
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