Research Catalog

Title

Henry M. Jackson : a life in politics / Robert G. Kaufman.

Author

Kaufman, Robert Gordon.

Publication

Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2000.

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Details

Description

x, 548 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

• Henry M. Jackson ranks as one of the great legislators in American history. With a Congressional career spanning the tenure of nine Presidents, Jackson had an enormous impact on the most crucial foreign policy and defense issues of the Cold War era, as well as a marked impact on energy policy, civil rights, and other watershed issues in domestic politics.
• Jackson first arrived in Washington, D.C., in January 1941 as the Democratic representative of the Second District of Washington State, at the age of twenty-eight the youngest member of Congress. "Scoop" Jackson won reelection time and again by wide margins, moving to the Senate in 1953 and serving there until his death in 1983. He became a powerful voice in U.S. foreign policy and a leading influence in major domestic legislation, especially concerning natural resources, energy, and the.
• Environment, working effectively with Senator Warren Magnuson to bring considerable federal investment to Washington State.
• A standard bearer for the New Deal-Fair Deal tradition of Roosevelt and Truman, Jackson advocated a strong role for the federal government in the economy, health care, and civil rights. He was a firm believer in public control of electric and nuclear power, and leveled stern criticism at the oil industry's "obscene profits" during the energy crisis of the 1970s. He ran for the presidency twice, in 1972 and 1976, but was defeated for the nomination first by George McGovern and then by Jimmy.
• Carter, marking the beginning of a split between dovish and hawkish liberal Democrats that would not be mended until the ascendance of Bill Clinton.
• Jackson's vision concerning America's Cold War objectives owed much to Harry Truman's approach to world affairs but, ironically, found its best manifestation in the actions taken by the Republican administration of Ronald Reagan. An early and strong supporter of Israel and of Soviet dissidents, he strongly opposed the Nixon/Kissinger policy of detente as well as many of Carter's methods of dealing with the Soviet Union.
• Robert Kaufman has immersed himself in the life and times of Jackson, drawing heavily upon the Jackson Papers at the University of Washington as well as the collections of every presidential library from Kennedy through Reagan. He interviewed many people who knew Jackson and consulted other archival and published sources. He uses this wealth of material to present a thoughtful and encompassing picture of a man who was a key figure in shaping America's Cold War philosophy and actions. Book.

Series Statement

The Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography

Uniform Title

• Project Muse UPCC books
• Emil and Kathleen Sick lecture-book series in western history and biography

Subject

• Jackson, Henry M. 1912-1983
• United States. Congress > Biography
• Since 1945
• Legislators > United States > Biography
• Presidential candidates > United States > Biography
• United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989
• Washington (State) > Politics and government > 1951-

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [513]-526) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

ch. 1. The Everett years, 1912-1940 -- ch. 2. Member of the House, 1941-1953 -- ch. 3. The Cold War becomes colder -- ch. 4. The Eisenhower years, 1953-1961 -- ch. 5. Khrushchev's communism -- ch. 6 Domestic politics to 1961 -- ch. 7. Henry Jackson and the new frontier -- ch. 8. The TFX controversy and the "senator from Boeing" -- ch. 9. The great liberal crackup, 1964-1969 -- ch. 10. that year : 1968 -- ch. 11. Jackson's ascent, the Party's descent, 1968-1972 -- ch. 12. Gearing up for the 1972 Presidential campaign -- ch. 13. Perils of détente, part 1 : 1968-1976 -- ch. 14. Israel and the Cold War -- ch. 15. The Ford administration -- ch. 16. Not in the cards : the 1976 Presidential campaign -- ch. 17. The 1976 Democratic primaries -- ch. 18. Perils of détente, part 2 : 1977-1980 -- ch. 10. Human rights, SALT, and linkage -- ch. 20. Anybody but Carter : the 1980 Presidential election -- ch. 21. Sunset, 1981-1983 -- ch. 22. The Jackson legacy.

ISBN

0295979623 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^00030235^

OCLC

• 43951976
• SCSB-11710863

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library