Mike Mansfield, Majority Leader: A Different Kind of Senate, 1961-76

By Francis R. Valeo

Book Overview

This is the story of Mike Mansfield's 15-year reign as Senate Majority Leader. During that time, he witnessed many important events: the election of John F. Kennedy; the Kennedy and King... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765604507
• ISBN13: 9780765604507
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

The most honorable politician

In short, the book describes the most honorable man ever to hold political office.....either at the State or National level. I am proud not only to know Mike Mansfield, but to be a Montanan as well. Jeanette Rankin, C.M. Russell, and Mike Mansfield......what a trio! God Bless a GREAT American and his lovely wife, Maureen!

Wanted: Thoughtful Pipe-smoker for high-stress job

The book traces the contributions of Micheal Mansfield as Senate Majority leader, emerging from the shadow of LBJ thru the Watergate years. His work as an instructor at the University of Montana prior to election to Congress, and his longstanding love of good pipes and tobacco proved that inside the Beltway, "A pipe gives a wise man time to think, and a fool something to put in his mouth"