Profiles in Character: Hubris and Heroism in the U.S. Senate, 1789-1990
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Author(s)Joseph M. Hernon
PublisherM E Sharpe Inc
ISBN / ASIN1563249383
ISBN-139781563249389
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Sales Rank8,099,419
CategoryHistory
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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A take-off of Kennedy's "Profiles in Courage", which argues that the best-known US senators don't deserve their renown as much as some lesser-known ones. Over the course of ten biographical chapters, this book tells the story of 16 men's lives in the Senate in relation to each other.
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