Author: Jerry Harrington
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 070063469X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
In Thunder from the Prairie, Jerry Harrington explores the life of Harold E. Hughes: a man of working-class origins who overcame severe alcoholism to become Iowa governor (1963–1969) and US Senator (1969–1974). As a Democratic governor in traditionally Republican Iowa, Hughes, through his charismatic leadership, helped transform Iowa into a competitive two-party state while modernizing state government to make it more responsive to the contemporary needs of its citizens. Hughes was an outspoken leader against the Vietnam War and the American military as senator, and he exposed covert operations such as the illegal bombings of North Vietnam and Cambodia. Relying upon his experience with alcoholism that nearly cost him his life, Senator Hughes spearheaded the creation of the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, which was founded on the principle that alcoholism is a disease, not a personal moral failure. Hughes’s moral compass was guided by his Christian beliefs, steering him to politics left of center. In this way, Hughes was distinctive among other openly Christian politicians of his day, whose theology manifested in conservative politics. Jerry Harrington’s detailed Thunder from the Prairie is the first book-length treatment of Harold E. Hughes. The work fills major gaps in the history of Iowa and Midwestern political history, as well as the history of the “Long Sixties” (from the late 1950s to the early 1970s). Hughes was an impactful actor within the rise of postwar American liberalism, the conflict over the Vietnam War, and the civil rights movement, and led the effort to reform the Democratic Party to make it more open to women, minorities, and young people.
Thunder from the Prairie
Prairie Thunder
Author: Taylor Brady
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Indominable family under hardship and tragedy go west to claim their rightful destiny in a new nation.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Indominable family under hardship and tragedy go west to claim their rightful destiny in a new nation.
Prairie Thunder; The Nature of Colorado's Great Plains
Author: Dave Showalter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781888845761
Category : Colorado
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781888845761
Category : Colorado
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Handful of Thunder
Author: Joe Paddock
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780918552150
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780918552150
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description