The man in the arena : the life and times of U.S. Senator Gale McGee /
Life and times of U.S. Senator Gale McGee
Rodger McDaniel ; foreword by Alan K. Simpson.
- [Lincoln] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, (c)2018.
- 1 online resource.
- ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series ; 64th volume .
Includes bibliographies and index.
From the "Sons of the mist" to the plains of Wyoming -- Professor McGee -- The making of a senator -- Behind the Iron Curtain -- Sputnik -- McGee for me -- Senator Gale W. McGee -- Give me four more votes -- The Kennedy years -- The Johnson years, 1963-1964 -- The Johnson years, 1965-1967 -- The Johnson years, 1968 -- The Nixon years -- The Ford years -- Time for a change -- Ambassador Gale W. McGee.
"Going beyond biography, McDaniel offers readers a glimpse into twentieth-century political shifts through the perspective of a liberal senator from a rural conservative state"--