Speaker Jim Wright : : Power, Scandal, and the Birth of Modern Politics / / J. Brooks Flippen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Flippen, J. Brooks,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (552 p.)

Honorable Mention, Ramirez Family Award for Most Significant Scholarly Book, Texas Institute of Letters, 2019 Jim Wright made his mark on virtually every major public policy issue in the later twentieth century—energy, education, taxes, transportation, environmental protection, civil rights, crimina...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction. The Long Shadow of Scandal: The Forgotten Legacy
• Part I. The Rise of a Politician
• 1. The Foundations for Success: Family and Childhood (1922–1939)
• 2. The Lessons of Life: College and War (1939–1944)
• 3. Ambition and Frustration: State Legislature (1944–1948)
• 4. Preparation and Payoff: Businessman, Mayor, and Election to Congress (1948–1954)
• Part II. Congress in an Age of Tradition
• 5. Learning the Ropes: The New Congressman (1954–1956)
• 6. Building a Record: The Eisenhower Years (1956–1960)
• 7. Challenges: The Kennedy Years (1960–1963)
• 8. Access to Power: Johnson Takes Control (1963–1965)
• 9. The Rough Path Forward: Years of Change (1965–1968)
• Part III. Leadership in an Age of Dynamism
• 10. Old School: A Moderate in the Nixon Years (1968–1972)
• 11. Bombshell: The Watergate Crisis (1972–1974)
• 12. The Ripples of Watergate: A New Congress and New Opportunity (1972–1976)
• 13. The New Majority Leader: Critical Decisions in an Age of Partisanship (1976–1978)
• 14. The Struggle for Unity: The Carter Years (1978–1980)
• Part IV. Victory and Defeat in the Age of Reagan
• 15. A Challenge Like None Before: Reagan (1980–1982)
• 16. Rallying the Opposition: Friends and Enemies (1982–1986)
• 17. On the Mountaintop: Speaker of the House (1986–1989)
• 18. In the Valley: Resignation and Its Aftermath (1987–2015)
• Epilogue. The Politics of Scandal and the Judgment of History
• Acknowledgments
• Notes
• Index