The Dillon Era: Douglas Dillon in the Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson Administrations

by Richard Aldous

Book Overview

C. Douglas Dillon - heir to a vast investment banking fortune, and one of the richest men in America during his political career - was a Republican who served in a Democratic administration, and became one of the greatest modern treasury secretaries. He believed in bipartisanship and public duty, a sensibility that has all but faded from the current political climate. With exclusive access to the family's archive, in The Dillon Era Richard Aldous...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0228018870
• ISBN13: 9780228018872
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 6.6" x 9.2"