In the Nation's Service : The Life and Times of George P. Shultz.
The definitive biography of a distinguished public servant, who as US Secretary of Labor, Secretary of the Treasury, and Secretary of State, was pivotal in steering the great powers toward the end of the Cold War. Deftly solving critical but intractable national and global problems was the leitmotif...
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| Language: | English |
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Redwood City :
Stanford University Press,
2023.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- PART I Early Years
- CHAPTER ONE "Grow Up a Real Man"
- CHAPTER TWO No Empty Threats
- CHAPTER THREE The Real Economy
- CHAPTER FOUR Pathway to Power
- PART II Nixon Administration, Bechtel
- CHAPTER FIVE Equal Opportunity
- CHAPTER SIX Treasury Travails
- PART III Reagan Administration
- CHAPTER SEVEN Odd Man Out
- CHAPTER EIGHT A Common Foundation
- CHAPTER NINE Stumbling Start
- CHAPTER TEN Soviet Policy Standoff
- CHAPTER ELEVEN Nancy Reagan to the Rescue
- CHAPTER TWELVE Shultz's Opponents Strike Back
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN A Test of Loyalty
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN Hitting Bottom
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Target Is Destroyed
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN Combating Terrorism
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Reelection and Renewed Hope
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Sea Change in the Kremlin
- CHAPTER NINETEEN The Fireside Summit
- CHAPTER TWENTY Battles That Never End
- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Implosion of a Presidency
- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Back on Track
- CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Encore in Moscow
- Epilogue
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX