Offering insights into Robert Dole's personal and professional life and his presidential ambitions, a chronicle of his life follows his rise from humble midwestern origins, through his experiences as a war hero, to his position as Senate majority leader. 50,000 first printing.
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To his critics, Senate minority leader Robert Dole, Republican of Kansas, is a dour, hardline conservative who practices the politics of obstruction in his daily warfare with Democrats. Countering that image, Kansas City Star Washington correspondent Thompson paints the two-time presidential candidate as a pragmatist who has led legislative battles in favor of civil rights for women, minorities and the disabled; supported food stamps and farmers' subsidies; and fought in vain to balance the federal budget. Although this admiring portrait, which paints Dole as a moderate, reads like a campaign biography for a 1996 presidential bid, it is brisk and well researched. Based on more than 90 interviews, including those with Dole himself, his wife, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, and his former wife, Phyllis Macey. Photos.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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A Great Book About Bob Dole,
By Steve (Minneapolis, Mn) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bob Dole: The Republicans' Man for all Seasons (Hardcover)
This book was written in mid 1994 before the mid-term elections returned Bob Dole to the position of Majority Leader of the Senate.
Bob Dole has since stepped back from the center stage of politics since his failed run for the Presidency in 1996. Nonetheless, it is one of the best books about one of the giants of the Senate. This book covers Bob Dole's early years in Russell Ks and his near-fatal injury in WWII that led him being partially handicapped. It covers his political rise from county attorney to US Senator and when he served as Gerald Ford's VP candidate in 1976. This book covers Dole's controversial re-election bid for the Senate in 1974, an election in which his credentials as a bare-knuckled political brawler were born. I strongly recommend this book for anyone who wants to know who Bob Dole was and what he accomplished while on the national stage. I think many will be surprised that he wasn't the dour and inflexible conservative that many tagged him as. Lastly, this best part of this book is its length. At 270 pages, it's an easy read and a good book for someone who doesn't want something too deep or complex.
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If you want to know anything about who Bob Dole is, this is the book to read.
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