Michael C. Dorf, George van Dusen

Clear It with Sid!: Sidney R. Yates and Fifty Years of Presidents, Pragmatism, and Public Service

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Produktbeschreibung

Michael C. Dorf is a practicing lawyer and an adjunct professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He was Congressman Yates's Special Counsel in Washington and remained his lawyer and campaign chairman until the congressman's death. George Van Dusen is Mayor of Skokie, Illinois, and an adjunct professor at Oakton Community College. He oversaw Yates's Ninth District Operations for over twenty-five years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Powerhouse Publishing (AUS)
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 163mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780252042447
• ISBN-10: 0252042441
• Artikelnr.: 54432469

Autorenporträt

Michael C. Dorf is a practicing lawyer and an adjunct professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He was Congressman Yates's Special Counsel in Washington and remained his lawyer and campaign chairman until the congressman's death. George Van Dusen is Mayor of Skokie, Illinois, and an adjunct professor at Oakton Community College. He oversaw Yates’s 9th District Operations for more than twenty-five years.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
Prologue 1
Part I. The Crusader, 1949–62
1 The Road to Capitol Hill 5
2 The Class of ’49 15
3 “Here Comes This Nice, Good-Looking Guy” 41
4 “The Judgment of Admirals” 55
Part II. Defeat and Comeback, 1962–74
5 Yates for Senate 87
6 To the United Nations and Back 109
7 “This Precious Resource” 115
Part III. The Chairman, 1975–98
8 America’s Committee 133
9 Three Years of the Culture Wars 143
10 “The Last Sanhedrin Met in 70 ce” 183
11 The Final Years 215
Epilogue 219
Notes 227
References 251
Index 259
Photographs follow page 69