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Distinguished Service - The Life of Wisconsin Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr. (Hardcover, Illustrated edition)
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Distinguished Service - The Life of Wisconsin Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr. (Hardcover, Illustrated edition)
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Walter J. Kohler, Jr. was one of Wisconsin's best governors.
Elected three times, he played a role in the election of Dwight D.
Eisenhower to the presidency in 1952 and was known to be an
administration favorite. Kohler's challenge was to unite moderate
Republicans, who backed Ike, with a Far Right that fervently
supported Senator Joe McCarthy. His inability to please both wings
of the Republican Party eventually cost him an election race for
the United States Senate. In 1957 he was unexpectedly defeated by
William Proxmire, a long-time Democratic Party rival and
indefatigable campaigner. But Kohler was more than a politician.
His biography involves the highly unusual story of the Kohler
Company in Wisconsin, site, at the same time, of one of the most
enlightened managerial policies ever attempted and the longest
labor dispute in American history. Kohler's story sheds light on
the life and times of the upper class in the 1920s and 1930s,
reveals his heroic role in the Second World War, and provides path
breaking insight into his talent for effective and prosperous
business activity. A very private man with several secrets, Kohler
said little about his past. Now, for the first time, we have the
definitive biography, based in part on hitherto closed family
documents, photos, and interviews with friends and acquaintances.
It is a book that should find a large audience of serious readers.
General
Imprint: |
Marquette University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
July 2006 |
Authors: |
Thomas C. Reeves
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Dimensions: |
221 x 150 x 41mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
455 |
Edition: |
Illustrated edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-87462-017-7 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-87462-017-1 |
Barcode: |
9780874620177 |
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