Richard B. Russell: Southern Nationalism and American Foreign Policy

by Jeff Woods

Richard B. Russell, a Southern Democrat, was arguably the most influential United States senator for much of the 1950s and 1960s. In this engaging study, Jeff Woods considers Russell in the context of "traditional" regional politics and exhibits how a domestic policy agenda influenced foreign policy at the height of the Cold War. Russell, the senior senator from Georgia, used his position of power to confront an otherwise liberal internationalist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742544974
• ISBN13: 9780742544970
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.1"