A Compassionate Conservative: A Political Biography of Joseph W. Martin, Jr., Speaker of the U.S. House of RepresentativesIn this, the first full-length, scholarly examination of Martin's career readers will encounter a devoted public servant who often modified his party's extreme stances on domestic matters during the Great Depression and on foreign policy issues leading up to World War II. This political biography effectively illustrates that bipartisanship does not mean abandonment of principles, that kindness, integrity, and gentility are compatible with effective leadership, and that close friendships with members of the opposing party can contribute to a more effective Congress. |
Contents
Drifting Farther and Farther into Politics 18841938 | 1 |
IN THE MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE | 6 |
THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN | 8 |
ELECTED TO CONGRESS | 9 |
ASSISTANT FLOOR LEADER | 17 |
THE ELECTION OF 1936 | 21 |
FOLLOWING THE MIDDLE ROAD | 26 |
ELECTION AS MINORITY LEADER | 32 |
THE ELECTION OF 1950 AND DOMESTIC ISSUES IN THE EIGHTYSECOND CONGRESS | 177 |
THE KOREAN CRISIS | 183 |
THE ELECTION OF 1952 | 186 |
Republicans Shedding the Psychology of Opposition 19531956 | 197 |
THE SECOND SESSION | 206 |
THE 1954 ELECTIONS | 214 |
FIRST SESSION | 216 |
FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES | 221 |
At the Eye of the Hurricane 19391942 | 47 |
NONPARTISAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS | 51 |
PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS 1940 | 55 |
FOREIGN POLICY FURTHER DIVIDES THE GOP | 71 |
WARTIME CONGRESSIONAL ISSUES | 80 |
THE 1942 ELECTIONS | 82 |
OftenLike Cobra and Mongoose 19431946 | 101 |
THE SEVENTYEIGHTH CONGRESS | 102 |
POLITICS AND THE 1944 ELECTION | 109 |
THE SEVENTYNINTH CONGRESS | 110 |
REPUBLICANS EMERGE VICTORIOUS IN 1946 | 118 |
The SpeakerGrand Strategist and Guiding Spirit 19471948 | 131 |
THE SPEAKER AND THE PRESIDENT | 135 |
FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES | 143 |
THE 1948 ELECTION | 148 |
The Communist MenaceMore Alarming thanthe Hitler Menace 19491952 | 169 |
WAR IN KOREA | 174 |
SECOND SESSION | 223 |
THE ELECTION OF 1956 | 228 |
Minority Leader Meanest Job in the World 19561958 | 243 |
THE CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE | 246 |
FOREIGN POLICY AND ADJOURNMENT | 250 |
SECOND SESSION OF THE EIGHTYFIFTH CONGRESS | 252 |
MARTINS PROBLEMS | 257 |
The Sting of Ingratitude 19581968 | 265 |
BACKBENCH CONGRESSMAN | 279 |
WITH DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTS ONCE AGAIN | 282 |
THE LAST CAMPAIGN | 292 |
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Bibliography | 309 |
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