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Government's greatest achievements : from civil rights to homeland defense

Title: Government's greatest achievements : from civil rights to homeland defense / Paul C. Light.
Author: Light, Paul Charles.
Publication: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2002.

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Description

viii, 241 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"Although many Americans believe that government creates more problems than it solves, the federal government has amassed an extraordinary record of successes over the past half century. Facing seemingly insurmountable odds, the United States helped rebuild Europe after World War II, conquered polio and other life-threatening diseases, faced down communism, attacked racial discrimination, reduced poverty among the elderly, and put men on the moon."
"In Government's Greatest Achievements, Paul C. Light explores the U.S. government's achievements from 1944 to 1999. Drawing on survey responses from 230 historians and 220 political scientists, Light profiles fifty legislative initiatives through which the federal government has tackled some of the world's toughest problems."--Jacket.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-229) and index.

Contents

Aiming high, trying hard : greatest endeavors of the past half-century -- Staying the course : greatest achievements of the past half-century -- Facing the future : greatest priorities of the next half-century -- Appendixes. A. Government's greatest endeavors of the past half-century. B. Ratings of fifty past endeavors. C. Ratings of fifty future endeavors.

ISBN

0815706049
9780815706045

LCCN

2002000914

OCLC

ocm49935960
49935960
SCSB-1263574

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Princeton University Library