Ken Hechler’s newest book - on Adlai Stevenson
Ken Hechler wrote one of the chapters in a just released book about one of America’s greatest political leaders since WWII. Ken was the director of research and a speech writer for him, helping him all over the country during his two attempts to become president. Adlai Stevenson’s Lasting Legacy
- Edited by Alvin Liebling First EditionFrom Palgrave MacmillanPub date: Oct 2007256 pagesSize 5 1/2 x 8 1/4$69.95 - Hardcover (1-4039-8195-7)
DescriptionFormer Governor of
Illinois, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and twice unsuccessful Democratic candidate for President of the
United States, Adlai Stevenson played a key role in American politics through out much of the middle of the twentieth century. This collection of essays from Senator Eugene McCarthy, Senator Adlai Stevenson III, Ambassador George Bunn, Brian Urquhart, Arthur Schlesinger, and others, looks at Stevenson’s past and current societal significance.
Author BioAlvin Liebling is a U.S. Administrative Law Judge.
Table of contentsRecollections of Eleanor Roosevelt * Introduction–Alvin Liebling * Prologue Part I: The Road to Springfield–Donald C. Campbell * Prologue Part II: The Presidency–Eugene J. McCarthy * PART I: INTEGRITY AND CONCERN FOR NUCLEAR SURVIVAL * Another Time, Another Politics–Adlai E. Stevenson III * Would That the Guv Were Here–Adele Simmons * Stevenson, Concerned and Brilliant: His Finest Hour Was in Seeking a Nuclear Test Ban–Ken Hechler * About The H-Bomb–Adlai E. Stevenson II * How Adlai Stevenson Helped To End Nuclear Weapon Testing–George Bunn * Adlai Stevenson and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty of Today–Sidney D. Drell & James E. Goodby * PART II: THE COLLABORATIVE VALUE OF THE UNITED NATIONS * Adlai Stevenson and Our Times–Brian Urquhart * On A World-Scale Roller-Coaster: Adlai Stevenson at the UN, 1961-65–Harlan Cleveland * Thoughts of Stevenson’s UN Deputy Charles Yost–Felicity O. Yost * The Presidency and Our Role In and With The United Nations–William J. vanden Heuvel * PART III: EDUCATION AND A BETTER POLITICS * John Brademas on Adlai E. Stevenson: His Impact on Education, International Affairs, Nixon and Politics–John Brademas * Remembering Adlai Stevenson–Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. * Adlai’s Integrity And Credibility Were Impressive National Resources–Carl McGowan * Epilogue: Adlai Stevenson, the Past and a Look at the Future—Alvin Liebling, Cleveland & Stevenson III
