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Paperback. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JPA; JPFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003) may be best known as a statesman. He served in the administrations of presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford; was ambassador to India and the United Nations; and represented New York in the U.S. Senate for four terms. But he was also an intellectual of the first order, whose books and papers on topics ranging from welfare policy and ethnicity in American society to international law stirred debate and steered policy. Moynihan was, journalist Michael Barone remarked, ""the nation's best thinker among politicians since Lincoln and its best politician among thinkers since Jefferson."" He was, Greg ... Read more
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003) may be best known as a statesman. He served in the administrations of presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford; was ambassador to India and the United Nations; and represented New York in the U.S. Senate for four terms. But he was also an intellectual of the first order, whose books and papers on topics ranging from welfare policy and ethnicity in American society to international law stirred debate and steered policy. Moynihan was, journalist Michael Barone remarked, ""the nation's best thinker among politicians since Lincoln and its best politician among thinkers since Jefferson."" He was, Greg ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
American Political Thought
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700623495
SKU
V9780700623495
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About Greg Weiner
Greg Weiner is assistant professor of political science at Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. He is the author of Madison's Metronome: The Constitution, Majority Rule and the Tempo of American Politics.
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