a biography Woods, Randall Bennett 1944- creator text bibliography biography enk Cambridge [England] New York, NY, USA Cambridge University Press 1995 monographic eng

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xi, 711 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. This book describes the family dynamic, educational process and environments - Arkansas, Oxford, Washington, DC - which produced this remarkable man. It delves into his complex attitude toward race, details Fulbright's role in the civil rights movement, and includes the major international events of the Cold War era. Preface; 1. Of poets, Prussians and plutocrats; 2. Oxford; 3. First family of Fayetteville; 4. A political education; 5. Taking the stage; 6. The conscience of a conservative internationalist; 7. European federation and trickle-down integration; 8. 'Washington's cleanup man'; 9. The enemy within; 10. The junior senator from Arkansas; 11. Massive retaliation, Suez, and the struggle for an alternative foreign policy; 12. Little Rock and foreign aid; 13. A changing of the guard; 14. Camelot and Cuba; 15. 'Freedom's Judas-goat'; 16. A creative tension; 17. Of myths and realities; 18. Avoiding Armageddon; 19. Escalation; 20. Texas hyperbole; 21. The hearings; 22. The politics of dissent; 23. Widening the credibility gap; 24. The war in Washington; 25. 'The price of empire'; 26. Denouement; 27. The politics of a Dixie dove; 28. Nixon and Kissinger; 29. Of arms and men; 30. Struggle for the vital center; 31. Sparta or Athens?; 32. Cambodia; 33. A foreign affairs alternative; 34. Privileges and immunities; 35. Divided minds; 36. The invisible wars; 37. Dancing with Henry; 38. Broken fences; 39. Life after office; 40. Conclusion; Index. Randall Bennett Woods. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- Fulbright, J. William (James William) 1905-1995 United States. Congress. Senate Biography Estados Unidos. Congreso. Senado Biografía Legislators United States Biography Legisladores Estados Unidos Biografías United States Foreign relations 1945-1989 Estados Unidos Relaciones exteriores 1945-1989 002 E 748 F962W 1995 973.9/092 0521482623 (hardback) 9780521482622 (hardback) 94046347 http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0a3m3-aa http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam026/94046347.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam026/94046347.html http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0a3m3-aa http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam026/94046347.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam026/94046347.html DLC 941128 20240126124705.0 3017016 eng